Los Angeles Times

In Denmark’s ‘The Promised Land,’ the virtues of an old-school western still blaze

Nikolaj Arcel’s “The Promised Land” is aptly titled. Adapted from the 2020 novel “The Captain and Ann Barbara,” by Ida Jessen, the land itself — the untamed heath of Jutland, the peninsula that makes ...
Rolling Stone

‘The Promised Land’ Gives Mads Mikkelsen the Big, Bloody Epic He Deserves

You do not fuck with Mads Mikkelsen. There are a number of takeaways to be had from The Promised Land, the excellent prestige drama-cum-bloody payback flick straight outta Denmark. The rich in 18th ...
The New York Times

‘The Promised Land’ Review: Coaxing Crops From a Wild Land

Mads Mikkelsen stars as a soldier with little money but big ideas who gets royal approval to try to conquer a vast shrubby expanse. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...