Promised Land Review

More than an Environmentalist Manifesto by pedsarq
It's about a small town that becomes the target of a natural gas company and is on the brink of selling itself for millions. The problem is, the small town is beautiful and it's home. Will all that fracking hurt? The answer is obvious to the audience, but Matt Damon, Francis MacDormand, and John Krasinski do a great job and make this about human stories and the relationships that make life worth living. The movie (and story) is flawed and often sounds like preaching, but there's enough to keep things interesting throughout. I recommend it for those who like small town stories.

Promised Landing To DVD by Darkola
Matt Damon, as always, did a great job in this movie, he never seems to disappoint with his acting, no matter what role is thrown at him, and the story itself is a good story about a company coming into a farm town to try and secure rights for drilling for natural gas, the money folk could make off of it, but also the damage it could do to the land, but its not an over the top story, and thats what holds this movie back. There is nothing throughout this movie that jumps out at you and says "WOW", nothing that shows there was much put into it as far as action, which its not an action movie, nor nothing showing it was an expensive movie to make either. I could have easily seen this on tv for a made for tv movie, and dont feel its worth really seeing at the show for what tickets and popcorn and things cost these days. I myself wold give this 2 1/2 stars out of 4 myself, but would wait for the DVD to come out to see this one ... Enjoy :)

Terrible by fun-at-the-movies
This movie is soooo boring and preachy - obviously the movie makers had an agenda and didn't really care about much else - Damon is so BAD and the rest of the cast is sleep walking- probably Damon's worst film ever - although he has had several really bad ones lately - typically small town vs the big, bad evil company which Hollywood does 15 times a year, although usually much better than this one - put me to sleep

Promised Land - a Flop by JUNIEBME
Very boring, can't find anything really good to say about the movie and to me it is quite misleading as to what the plot is suppose to represent... save you're money..

Promised Land by cathysoza
Once again, Damon gives his all, well-paced, full speed ahead performance. The film's theme is near and dear to my heart, since I was born and raised in small San Joaquin Valley cow and crop farm town. I thought the guy who plays the environmentalist was perfect in the role. Francis McDormand's performance is another winner, but I don't think she'll ever top her performance in Fargo. Though it is not a huge role, the actor who portrays the owner of the gas, guns and groceries road stop store was absolutely perfect. The scenery was spectacular. I think the under-10 age kids might not get the drift of the mental conflicts the characters are wrestling with, even with demonstration by Krasinski in their classroom. It sure was an in your face look at what the natural gas industry has been cooking up. The tug of war of the characters remind me of Travolta's and Duva'sl characters in A Civil Action, although Travolta's character was based on a true story in which the character finally prevai

Plot thin by revclaus
One of those activist movies (don't get me wrong, I'm an activist too!), but it wasn't interesting enough to suit me. I love Matt Damon, but I think his talents were wasted on this one.

Uhhhh... what ? by shaqoneal
I honestly could not find a solid 10 mins or more in this movie to be "fufilling" or even somewhat entertaining. All jokes were predictable and the funniest stuff was the pickup line in the bar (which you can see for free in the trailer). Don't bother. If you like Matt, then wait for DVD or Netflix streaming. Full price is a rip off for this one.

Don't waste your money on this film. by Yeller Dawg
Your seeing this movie in previews on television and in theater trailers and wondering what is about? Well here, I will sum it up for you. It is about big business's trying to move into a community to force it's residence out because they believe it is a natural gas resource and doing so by all out lying to the people. I can't believe I actually stayed a wake for this hunk of garbage. I will give you my attention grabbing lines for this film. "Matt Damon has never been worse", "Frances McDormant is a careless A-hole", "Hal Holbrook turns in a mesmerizing performance as Frank Yates" and "Sure to be a Razzie nominee. Don't waste your money on Promised Land. You will be wishing you can have your time and money back.

Nothing New Or Special....A Basic Advocacy Plot. by Alon Patterson
The talent had little to work with in terms of a screenplay here. Too bad because this film features several notables whose skills were greatly underutilized. This film is pretty much a plain, at times bland, story with a couple of fairly large plot holes. It's not really worth the price of today's evening tickets but a matinee might be a fair exchange. You might want to wait for the DVD, stream or cable. You'll probably be glad you did.

Promised Land by suebgranny
It was a "nice" movie, no violence, no sex. Storyline was what attracted me to the movie, but I was disappointed in the movie itself. Slow to develop, characters were predictable. I wish I had waited until it came out on DVD - wasn't worth the money spent.