Starring Matt Damon, Frances McDormand, and John Krasinski. Rating not available. In the hands of director Gus Van Sant, Promised Land feels like a welcome update of a Frank Capra movie.

The Promised Land, which releases in Toronto and Vancouver on Feb. 9, is an impressively directed piece of historical fiction — even if it isn't a masterpiece.

The Promised Land was one of the best-reviewed movies of 2023, and it continues to hold a higher Rotten Tomatoes score than most installments of the M:I franchise.

The movie holds a near-perfect 97% Rotten Tomatoes score, with Collider's Chase Hutchinson writing in his review that "Mikkelsen remains in command of every move, bringing a quiet grace that ...