This anti-fracking movie was passable, but conventional and obvious. It commits the sin of repeatedly talking about the issue. Battles of words are a bit light on the hard evidence. With exposition-heavy issue films, many viewers are going to be turned off, and Promised Land’s ratings hover near the 50% mark – perhaps a glass half full?
The good thing about the movie is that it is the first to tackle the hydro-fracking pollution in a widely-released drama. The crux of the problem is clear, but the contrived plot created around it is simplistic at times.
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