Promised Land (2012)
Directed by Gus Van
Sant this film stars writers Matt Damon and John Krasinski as well as
Frances McDormand, Rosemarie DeWitt and Hal Holbrook. A man and woman
travel to a small farming town in Pennsylvania to buy up leases for
natural gas fracking.
For the longest time
this film does a pretty good job of staying fairly neutral, showing
both sides of the issue, but towards the end it uses a narrative
cheat to try and give the audience an answer rather than letting us
draw our own conclusions. Watching the battle in the soul of the main
character is pretty interesting but does distract slightly from
exploring the issue more deeply. Generally the film is well made so
it is a shame it ends up being a bit of a biased issues film.
3/5
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