There are two things that Alexander Payne does
better than any other current filmmaker: family and road trips. It is rather
fitting then, that Nebraska is about a
son who drives his senile father across the Midwest to claim $1 million dollars
the latter naively believes to have won. As is the case with quality road
movies, it’s not the destination but the journey that shapes our characters.
Shot in iconic black and white and boasting believable performances all around,
this is a sincere and affecting study on family ties that reveals just how much
we are defined by our parents, no matter how screwed up we think they are.
5/5
