Promised Land
Focus Features | Release Date: December 28, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
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19
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New York PostKyle SmithDec 28, 2012
Much has been made of the fact that Promised Land was partly funded by the enemies of our domestic gas industry - the foreign oil nabobs in the United Arab Emirates. But the film gets so cheesy that I suspect it was also secretly funded by Velveeta. Read full review
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Slant MagazineEd GonzalezDec 5, 2012
Gus Van Sant's new film offends for how it views the struggles of the landowners at the heart of its story as subservient to their oppressor's triumph of the spirit. Read full review
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