Promised Land Reviews

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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 ]

• a drama both timely in subject matter and fantastically entertaining

  Review rate : A- by Amanda Mae Meyncke [Film.com ]
• Reviewed by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune ]
• Reviewed by A.O. Scott [New York Times ]

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