The film Promised Land debuted at the box office this weekend, and while we will have to wait to see how it did with the general public, it’s not scoring too high with movie critics.

The film Promised Land officially opened this weekend and a lot of people are curious about whether it will be successful. As with any major Hollywood film, the initial litmus test will be how well the it does opening weekend. The pre-release showings weren’t so hot. Unfortunately, more detailed statistics will not be released until early next week. This doesn’t mean there aren’t other metrics to gauge the possible success of this film, though.

Movie reviews for the film have been popping up for the last few weeks and judging from these professionals Promised Land fails to deliver. Currently, Rotten Tomatoes, a service of Flixster that aggregates reviews of films with user comments to educate interested film-goers, rates the film at a 50%. Perhaps an even more telling statistic on the site is how many people actually like the film, a mere 40%.

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