The Promised Land - Reviews

Mads Mikkelsen is a dour delight in this gritty ‘Hygge Western’.

...Nikolaj Arcel's retelling of a true-life act of monumental masculine hubris in the face of impossible odds.

...enjoyably gritty Nordic western.

...this a film that not only deftly braids social drama with a tale of frontier survival, it does so in the most unsparing and consistently entertaining of ways.

...a stirring historical epic that balances its grandiose framing with something surprisingly grounded and genuine. A bountiful harvest indeed.

...is so successful at what it attempts to do I felt exhilarated when the first fragile seedling popped up above the earth.

...et velsmurt drama om klassekamp og overlevelse.

...det är ett annorlunda och intressant stycke dansk historia som presenteras.