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Promised Land

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Promised Land (1988)

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Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Focusing on the lives of three high school buddies, this picturesque drama is a study of the American Dream gone wrong. Davey, Danny and Mary are friends from high school. Davey was a... Focusing on the lives of three high school buddies, this picturesque drama is a study of the American Dream gone wrong. Davey, Danny and Mary are friends from high school. Davey was a basketball star and Mary, his girlfriend. But two years later the two find that what held them together in school has gradually faded. There's real trouble, however, when outcast Danny returns to Utah with his new wife, a spit-fire whose presence leads to disaster. [More]

Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Meg Ryan, Jason Gedrick, Tracy Pollan

Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Meg Ryan, Jason Gedrick, Tracy Pollan, Deborah Richter

Director: Michael Hoffman

Director: Michael Hoffman

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Offers a minor slice-of-life look at the dashed hopes of privileged youth.

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Capable, believable performances cannot make up for a plot that is simply not there.

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