Overview
Genre :
DramaRelease Date :
December 28, 2012 (Limited)MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
Gus Van SantStarring :
Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Rosemarie DeWitt, Frances McDormand, Lucas Black, Scoot McNairy, Titus Welliver, Hal Holbrook
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics 
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“..though the film eventually caves to sentiment and stereotype, its alert performances and muted rhythms offer much to enjoy in the interim..”
by Jeannette Catsoulis [NPR]
“..the rigidly oriented story is adorned with lively, engaging, understated performances..”
by Richard Brody [New Yorker]
“..the actors have written before ... but they have something to say rather than a story to tell, and the agenda ends up defusing the drama. Van Sant just has a place he wants to visit. He makes us want to visit it, too..”
by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
“..offers no wiggle room, no ambiguities, eccentricities or human contradictions to its characters; they are placards with famous faces..”
by Richard Corliss [TIME Magazine]
“..although too dramatically underpowered to achieve more than modest commercial impact, this well-acted, minor-key passion project for star-producer-scribe Matt Damon could parlay heated op-ed coverage into a respectable arthouse showing..”
by Justin Chang [Variety]
“..actually a potent and powerful look at how the stressed economy is stressing farm communities across America..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
“..a sympathetic but dramatically choppy look at a small town beset by an environmental choice..”
by Todd McCarthy [Hollywood Reporter]
Review rate : A-
“..a drama both timely in subject matter and fantastically entertaining..”
“..a drama both timely in subject matter and fantastically entertaining..”
by Amanda Mae Meyncke [Film.com]
Reviewed by A.O. Scott [New York Times]
