not horrible nor great

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Excellent movie that offers a realistic look into the world of corporate tactics and behavioral manipulation of the masses. It would seem that the focus was to engage the viewers with the hopes of opening eyes and taking the blinders off. This movie isn't a cheesy film with fight scenes, sex, or cheap thrills but instead offers depth. I can only guess that many of these reviews are from fracking organizations to keep this movie from getting the attention it deserves.

I didn't include this movie in my video run with Frances and it was an error. But it was understandable to be as cautious as lately, American movies have plunged into harmless conformism with bad directors, bad cast praising sex, money, authority and violence ! In other words, audience are kept entertained but not enlightened. As this movie is just the opposite, it was really good ! Maybe it's a bit binary but at least we have data from both sides to make an opinion : as it's told, families and earth are involved and it's not that easy to decide and balance. But if the process needs careful evaluation, the movie shows clearly what we can't accept and that is lies, treachery, duplicity in the name of greed ! With that plot, the cast is indeed remarkably well chosen because Frances is really labeled being straight, docile while Damon is really the good guy ! It was also great to go to another Smallville and it's was a discovery to learn that this rural America is also threatened by desertification like my old country ! But the real difference is the democratic answer as depicted in the movie in which America seems to let its citizens decide where in my country, it's our Président- curator who decide alone for 60 millions. That's why the movie was so much interest for me as we can see a real debate to go for or refuse shale oil while in France it has been totally forbidden without any consultation !

Promised Land starring Matt Damon (Steve Butler) isn't the bad guy. Howver as the son of a grower himself, he's personable, and—for good measure—he makes sure to say, "I'm not a bad guy" to many of the people he meets. Gus Van Sant's didactic drama, by contrast, is quite a bad movie, though it takes a little while for that to become evident. When Steve and his business partner, Frances McDormand (Sue), arrive in the rural Pennsylvania community that is their company's latest target, the film revels in atmosphere more than plot. There's a real feel for small-town dynamics: The local watering holes seem populated by genuinely weathered homesteaders as opposed to central-casting extras. And you get a vivid sense of who's running the show. Running at only 106 minutes, Promised Land ultimately becomes and feels more of a run time over of 120 minutes.

I thought this was an interesting story about a salesman who basically goes door to door selling fracking (god that word makes me miss Battlestar Galactica). During the movie I thought the plot was good but afterwords I had a few issues with it. I did like that it didn't politicize the subject a lot. It was more about the story then about fracking itself. I also liked that it showed multiple sides of the story.Matt Damon's acting is good, but not his best performance though. You don't see this kind of character development in movies much, that was refreshing. Always lovely to see Rosemarie DeWitt, +1 for her <3