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Promised Land

Promised Land

Drama · 2012

A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.

Movie details

Promised Land

“What's your price?”

2012 Drama 1h 46m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Promised Land?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Gus Van Sant

Written by

Dave Eggers · John Krasinski · Matt Damon

Matt Damon

Matt Damon

Steve Butler

Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand

Sue Thomason

John Krasinski

John Krasinski

Dustin Noble

Rosemarie DeWitt

Rosemarie DeWitt

Alice

Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook

Frank Yates

Titus Welliver

Titus Welliver

Rob

Lucas Black

Lucas Black

Paul Geary

Court is in session

Put Promised Land on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.