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Archive Home > 2013 > January > 04 > Film is an imperfect drama

Film is an imperfect drama

• ‘Promised Land’ has a point to make, though it gets lost in convenient plot turns

By A.O. Scott / The Bulletin
January 4, 2013

“I’m not a bad guy," Steve Butler insists, and one of the reasons “Promised Land" works is that he’s right. Played by Matt Damon (who wrote the screenplay with John Krasinski), Steve, a corporate predator who is also a true believer in his company’s cause, is both the apparent villain....

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