|
Nebraska
(2013)
Life's not
about winning or losing. It's about how you get there in the
end.
Director: Alexander Payne, rated R for language
  Starring:
Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb, Bob Odenkirk, Stacy Keach,
Mary Louise Wilson, Rance Howard, Tim Driscoll
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★☆☆
- great
"This was my parents'
room. I got whipped if they found me in here.
I guess nobody's gonna whip me now." -
Woody Grant
Why watch this?
Aging parents can be hard to deal with. Then there's Woody
Grant...
Plot Summary:
An aging, somewhat delusional father, Woody Grant, believes he
has won a million-dollar sweepstakes prize. He insists on
traveling from his home in Montana to Lincoln, Nebraska, to
collect his winnings. His estranged son, David, reluctantly
agrees to drive him, turning it into a father-son bonding road
trip. Along the way, they stop in Woody's hometown, leading to
encounters with relatives and old acquaintances who learn of the
supposed fortune.
| |
Dad's Preview:
It is honestly a joy when great character actors, in their
autumn years, finally snag a role that, in many ways, define
them. I'm thinking of Richard Farnsworth's film
The
Straight Story (1999),
and Geraldine Page's triumph
Trip to
Bountiful (1985). Here Bruce Dern, a
prolific journeyman actor (and Laura Dern's father), finally accomplishes his magnum opus.
The film is about a man, on the edge of senility, who just wants to
collect this lottery sweepstakes. What emerges is a wonderful story of a
father, and his emotionally distant son, spending a little time together on an adventure. |
|
Paramount Vantage,
Blue Lake Media Fund,
Bona Fide Prod.,
Echo
Lake Ent.,
FilmNation Ent.; Paramount Pics
|
