{"id":15636,"date":"2013-12-06T02:47:48","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T02:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=15636"},"modified":"2013-12-06T02:47:48","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T02:47:48","slug":"nebraska-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2013\/12\/06\/nebraska-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Will<\/a><\/p>\n

Director Alexander Payne<\/a> returns to his native state for another wry look at the American midwest and the characters who populate his goofy, desolate cinematic landscape.<\/p>\n

In a marked change from the picturesque setting and vibrant colours of his last two films, The Descendants<\/a> (2011) and Sideways<\/a> (2004), here we go back the grey Nebraskan skies of his earlier work Election<\/a> (1999).<\/p>\n

Even more than that, Payne has opted for black and white, an unusual visual choice these days and one that invites comparisons to films like The Last Picture Show<\/a> (1971), with its depiction of things ageing and slowly dying.<\/p>\n

This central theme drives the story which revolves around Woody Grant (Bruce Dern<\/a>), a grumpy and partially senile old man who seems convinced he has won a million dollars, just because he has received a certificate in the mail.<\/p>\n

Despite trying to convince him that the letter is a scam, his son David (Will Forte) decides to accompany him on the long trip from Billings, Montana to their home state of Lincoln, Nebraska<\/a> where they meet family and old friends, some of who believe his story about the $1m.<\/p>\n