Steve Butler (Matt Damon) is an energy company point man trying to sign up the town folks for natural gas drilling. Dustin Noble (John Krasinski) comes to town to rally the town against the gas company. It also stars Frances McDormand.
Matt Damon and John Krasinski joined together to write this and got Gus Van Sant to direct it. The sleazy sales tactics is too off-putting. It's hard to keep watching people getting taken advantage of. The twist seems wrong. The logic of it seems uncertain. It's just awkward to see. Also the movie gets hokey with its heavy-handed speeches. It's all unnecessary.
Matt Damon and John Krasinski joined together to write this and got Gus Van Sant to direct it. The sleazy sales tactics is too off-putting. It's hard to keep watching people getting taken advantage of. The twist seems wrong. The logic of it seems uncertain. It's just awkward to see. Also the movie gets hokey with its heavy-handed speeches. It's all unnecessary.