What is the Metascore for The Promised Land?

The Promised Land has a Metascore of 77 out of 100 on Celluloid.

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Drama Venice 2023

The Promised Land

Item: The Promised Land
Rating: 4.5
Author: Kaiser Khan

Directed by Nikolaj Arcel · 2023 · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

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Answer Summary

The Promised Land (2023) earns a 84% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.

Quick Verdict

Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb). See how we calculate scores.

84%

Celluloid Score Recommended

Five-source breakdown

97% Critic Score

95% Audience

77 Metascore

★★★½☆ Letterboxd 3.8

7.7 IMDb /10

Watch Trailer

Runtime: 2h 40m
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen , Amanda Collin , Gustav Lindh , Melina Hagberg

Official theatrical poster for The Promised Land (2023)

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Why this score?

Strong critic approval (97% positive).
Audiences widely enjoyed it (95%).
Metascore is generally favorable (77/100).
Celluloid Score 84% averages all five public rating sources — our own composite, not a third-party trademark score.

Best for

Viewers who want a well-regarded drama pick
Epic-length viewers who want a big-screen experience

Not ideal for

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Is The Promised Land worth watching?

Yes — The Promised Land earns a 84% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

Critics Consensus

Mads Mikkelsen anchors this handsomely mounted period saga with a performance of quiet, weathered resolve, and Nikolaj Arcel stages the frontier brutality with the sweep of a classic Western transplanted to the Danish heath.
Celluloid Critics Consensus

Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.

What is The Promised Land about?

In 18th century Denmark, Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) -- a proud, ambitious, but impoverished war hero -- sets out to tame a vast, uninhabitable...