Promised Land (2012)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 106 minuten
Country:
United States / United Arab Emirates
Directed by: Gus Van Sant
Stars: Matt Damon, Frances McDormand and John Krasinski
IMDb score:
6,6 (41.020)
Releasedate: 23 September 2012
Promised Land plot
"What's your price?"
Steve Butler (Matt Damon) is a salesman at a natural gas company. He and his colleague Sue Thomason (McDormand) arrive in a rural town where the company wants to tap into new sources. The town has been hit hard by the economic slump of recent years and the two outsiders see opportunities that the locals will accept their business offer. What seems like an easy task for the duo is made more difficult by the highly respected teacher Frank Yates (Hal Holbrook), who is backed by the campaign manager Dustin Noble (John Krasinski).
Actors and actresses
Steve Butler
Sue Thomason
Dustin Noble
Alice
Frank Yates
Rob
Paul Geary
Drew
Jeff Dennon
David Stonehill
Reviews & comments
kissyfur
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- 325 messages
- 499 votes
No. I was initially very charmed by the tranquility, the condensed story, and especially the acting. And not just the protagonists.
But towards the end it got a bit too bland and the 'cinematic' scenes (faces with a distorted mirror effect by water, for example) started to get to me. Yes, I get that the protagonist has to solve a moral dilemma and has ended up in a semi-identity crisis. But this is quite a seventies way to emphasize that
That's a shame, and therefore a bit of a mediocre score. But acting is really good!
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klara
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- 814 messages
- 20367 votes
When it comes to capital gains, manipulations quickly come into play.
Even the good-natured Damon, inherent to his job, wants one for a good cause
throw a lie. At the end of the movie when a certain monkey comes out
the sleeve has come, he seems to want to come to terms with himself that with his
past could identify with the simple population anyway. to which the
eventually speech follows, which for me suddenly puts too much emphasis on
inner conscience and honesty. But Damon turned out to be cut out for this role. Not a
actor who has to have a special expression, but who guarantees thorough
acting. Meanwhile you get a nice picture of a simple community
in rural areas. And Damon and his colleague McDormand also become friends each
with someone of the opposite sex. The film has to rely on the acting anyway.
Simply because the story itself is hardly interesting. found the movie,
everything included, but good, despite it all being rather dry and colorless
happens.
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des1
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- 1744 messages
- 995 votes
Sympathetic film that was not much appreciated in its own country. Damon and Krasinki wrote the script, based on a story by Dave Eggers (of The Circle fame), which didn't appeal to critics. Damon would direct, became Gus Van Sant. I found the slow pace, the gossip and the non-black and white presentation of the pros and cons of fracking a relief. Most viewers found the twist at the end unlikely. Me too. Couldn't detract from the good acting. Fracking continues to be criticized by environmentalists in the US (including for its methane emissions), but oha, Americans are even less understanding that energy prices have risen when the US is so rich in fossil energy in the soil.
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