Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 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.
Promised Land is a well-intentioned but somewhat formulaic drama about fracking and corporate ethics in rural America. Damon and Krasinski give solid performances, but the story follows a predictable arc of corporate man having his conscience awakened. The cinematography is functional but unremarkable for the small-town pastoral setting. The film's third-act twist feels contrived and undermines its more grounded earlier scenes, leaving the ending as a weak point. The subject matter was timely but the execution doesn't distinguish it enough from other 'conscience of a corporation' narratives.