Movie: Promised Land
Genre: drama
Synopsis: Steve Butler (Matt
Damon) and Sue Thomason (Frances McDormand) work for a natural gas
company. Their job is to move into rural
financially-depressed areas and buy up the mineral rights. Their company then moves in with their
drilling equipment to extract natural gas from the land using fracking
technology. Steve honestly believes what
he is doing is the best way for these communities to make some money and get
out of debt. In their latest town, one
resident, Frank Yates (Hal Holbrook), raises some awkward questions at a town
meeting. When Frank is joined by an eco-activist
(John Krasinski) in a heated attempt to thwart Steve and stop the gas company. Eventually, Steve is forced to face some awkward
truths about the company he so believed in.
My two cents: A pretty solid
movie. Matt Damon put in his usual fine
performance, as did Frances McDormand, John Krasinski, and Hal Holbrook. I especially enjoyed Matt Damon’s character
as he went from being naively eager for the people to sell their property
rights to realizing that his actions were leading to a lot of misery by a lot
of people. I have to say that the twist
near the end really caught me by surprise.
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