Movie #1736 "The Promised Land" was a fictional film about frakking --- It was written by John Krasinski from "Then Office" and starring him and Matt Damon. Damon and his veteran partner McDormand come to this small town to buy drilling rights from the townspeople --- Damon is new at this so he makes several mistakes, but he comes across very sincere, so some people want to believe him. Krasinski is the guy with integrity that wants to stop the BIG company. The dynamics between Damon and Krasinski and McDormand were strong, but I wish the film would have explained more about fracking --- I have seen a documentary on it, but I'd appreciate even more info on the topic --- I just remember seeing people turn on their faucets and see fire --- that visual was very effective in the documentary. This way, we had to trust that the big bad companies are in the wrong and the small farmer sometimes has very little choice --- Script offered a few surprises, but otherwise, it pretty much followed the storyline these agenda films tend to follow. I would give it 3.5 because I was right in the middle on this one --- didn't have to see it, but liked the acting and the subject matter.
"THE PROMISED LAND rated R 1 hour and 46n mins
Taking advantage of hard economic times, two salespeople for a natural gas company come to a small town to buy drilling rights from the residents. To their surprise, a local schoolteacher mobilizes a campaign aimed at blocking the company's plans.
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