Our take
Nebraska is a poem distilled into a film. Peter Travers from Rolling Stone says “is it a comedy or a drama? Both at the same time, as life itself.” Everything about it is perfect: the acting, the photography, the story. In case that’s not enough and you need to know the plot to get convinced, I’ll tell you that it’s a road movie about a senile old man and his son. If you still want more information, you can Google it, but come on! You’ll just be wasting time that would be better spent on watching this masterpiece.
What it won
Other
1 nom
The story
An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim what he believes to be a million-dollar sweepstakes prize.
Elsewhere
"Nebraska captures the same sort of dislocation [as Paris, Je T'aime, but] on a grander scale, overlaying it with relocation-a series of mild or intense shocks arising from Woody's return to his long-abandoned home town in Nebraska..."
— Richard Brody
The details
Streaming arrival
Who picked it
Helena Barker is a contributing writer at A Good Movie to Watch, reviewing films and shows across the major streaming services.
"[A]n odyssey into the past, into missed opportunities, and into the complexities of an everyday family of malcontents."
— Jonathan Romney