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Critic Scott Tobias
rated 4

Retaining a bit of Midwestern paunch from The Informant—enough to require a reassuring pair of dad jeans, anyway—Damon stars as an ace salesman for a natural-gas company...

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Ian Nathan
rated 6

The best advice, in this and most of life, is to cling to the pleasure of Frances McDormand’s company. That graceful worldliness she grants all she does.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Jens Peterson
rated 6

Matt Damon är mycket trovärdig och bra som hygglige mannen från storföretaget som vill borra efter naturgas.

Read full review at Aftonbladet
Critic Kerstin Gezelius
rated 6

...hanterar sina frågor ­intelligent och komplext...

Read full review at Dagens Nyheter
Critic Frederik Asschenfeldt Vandrup
rated 7

Filmen er et sympatisk livtag med den kommercielle udnyttelse af undergrunden under det amerikanske landbrugssamfund...

Read full review at Cinemazone
Ronny Svensson
rated 7

Fantastisk rollista och upplägget känns spännande men det blir lite av ett antiklimax tyvärr…

2 years ago
Critic Victoria Machmudov
rated 6

En film om naturgas, hyckleri och sliskiga, vinstdrivna typer låter knappast som en särskilt vinnande kombination men Promised Land förvånar med ett medmänskligt tillvägagångssätt.

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Critic Mads Suldrup
rated 7

Gus Van Sants nye film om de miljømæssige konsekvenser af naturgasudledning byder på et eftertænksomt drama...

Read full review at Filmmagasinet Ekko

Cast & Crew

Gus Van Sant
Director
Matt Damon
As Steve Butler
Matt Damon
Writer
Hal Holbrook
As Frank Yates
John Krasinski
As Dustin Noble
Tim Guinee
As Drew

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In the movie Promised Land, Steve Butler (Matt Damon) is a salesman for a natural gas company who is sent to a small town to convince the residents to allow his company to drill on their properties. The town is struggling economically, and Butler sees this as an opportunity to help them out. However, things become complicated when an environmental activist (John Krasinski) arrives in town and starts campaigning against the drilling. Butler begins to question his own motivations and loyalties as he becomes romantically involved with a local teacher (Rosemarie DeWitt). The movie explores themes of corporate greed, environmentalism, and the importance of community.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Promised Land include The Judge, Where Hope Grows, Mr. Church, Manchester by the Sea, Lion, Flight.

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Promised Land was released in theaters on December 28, 2012.