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Cast

Matt Damon
as Steve Butler

John Krasinski
as Dustin Noble

Frances McDormand
as Sue Thomason

Johnny Cicco
as Donny

Rosemarie DeWitt
as Alice

Hal Holbrook
as Frank Yates

Scoot McNairy
as Jeff Dennon

Titus Welliver
as Rob

Benjamin Sheeler
as Attendant

Terry Kinney
as David Churchill

Carla Bianco
as Waitress

Joe Coyle
as Michael Downey

Dorothy Silver
as Arlene

Lexi Cowan
as Drew's Girl

Tim Guinee
as Drew Scott

Sara Lindsey
as Claire Allen

Frank Conforti
as Coach

Garrett Ashbaugh
as Basketball Player

Jerico Morgan
as Jericho

Max Schuler
as Carson Allen

August G. Siciliano
as 5th Grader

Ken Strunk
as Gerry Richards

Karen Baum
as Lynn

Gerri Bumbaugh
as Jesse the Bartender

Erin Baldwin
as Buddy's Waitress

Kristin Slaysman
as Gwen

Andrew Kuebel
as 6-year-old Boy

Matthew Ferrante
as Drummer

Justin Cook
as Guitar #1

Steven Craven
as Bass

Bruce Craven
as Guitar #2

Gene Williams
as Keyboard

Dan Anders
as Large Man

Lucas Black
as Paul Geary

Sandy Medred
as Paul's Girlfriend

Carrington E. Vaughn
as Colin

Alexander Cain
as Danny Thomason

Joy De La Paz
as Motel Receptionist

Lennon Wynn Kuzniar
as Lemonade Girl at Gym

Payton Godfrey
as Lemonade Girl at Fair

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• Jan 03, 2015

  For the most part, this is an engaging and thought-provoking drama with excellent dialogue and complex characters facing complex ethical issues, but it is terribly frustrating to see it all reach an unjustifiable revelation and an unconvincing - yet thematically consistent - conclusion.
  Carlos M Super Reviewer
• Jan 19, 2014

  The film was ok, but could have been so much better. I felt like I have seen this type of film before. It was very predictable. Nothing new here. It kind of reminded me in a strange way of American President and Campaign. The performances by Damon and the cast are good, but they needed a better story. The pacing was off at times too.
  Sol C Super Reviewer
• Nov 15, 2013

  This is a excellent film starring Matt Damon and Frances McDormand as Two Reps for a Huge Natural Gas Conglomerate that is trying to buy up land rights from farmers in a dying town. John Krasinski plays an idealist working for an activist firm, warning the townsfolk, that the fracking that destroyed his own families farm, might destroy the town. This film, directed expertly by Gus Van Sant, makes you think about farms that have been in families for generations, and it seems a world away if you have lived in large metropolitan areas your entire life. The film is essentially a moral dilemma story that encourages the viewer to investigate the issues and come to their own conclusions. This is a fine film to watch with older children, as the film encourages critical thinking. There are times in life when there are no easy answers, and its hard to tell who the good guys and bad guys are at times in this story. That is one reason this is a great film. Life can often be a muddled, dark, unclean puddle.
  Robert B Super Reviewer
• Jul 10, 2013

  Promised Land is the sort of environmentalist drama that wears its themes on its sleeve, with clear protagonists and antagonists, set in a clear cut morality tale. This can sometimes work and even be done interestingly, but Promised Land instead opts for conventional story-lines, shallow characterizations, and predictable outcomes. It feels less like a film than a politicized commercial with a bland after-school special treatment, drawn out to over one and a half hours. The chief problem with Promised Land is the script. Everything about Promised Land feels predictable, there is no sense of ambiguity or fairness. Instead, it comes across as preachy, exceedingly liberal, and condescending. The way the townsfolk react, the melodrama of the third act, the stilted, and heavy handed dialogue, all of it feels manipulative. Add to this the fact that the film features little else than condemnations of fraking, as none of the human elements that it attempts to inject, poorly so, feel real or involving at any level. The performances are all fine, with a charismatic Matt Damon, and the always great Frances McDormand, but there is nothing to the substance of the film that allows any of the actors to bring any vibrancy to their roles. Everything feels by-the-book, conventional, one-note, and agenda-driven. Above, it's simply boring. 2.5/5 Stars
  Jeffrey M Super Reviewer

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