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Overall Rank: 1142

Average Rating: 3/4

# of Ratings: 74

Theatrical Release Date: 11/22/2013

Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 02/25/2014

Language: English

Genre: Drama, Adventure

MPAA Rating: R

Director: Alexander Payne

Actors: Will Forte, Bruce Dern, Bob Odenkirk, June Squibb, Stacy Keach, Kevin Kunkel

Plot: When a booze-addled father receives a sweepstakes megaprize notice in the mail, his dreams of riches send him on a trip to Nebraska with his none-too-eager estranged son. -- Chris Kavan

Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 07/02/2019

A beautiful story with excellent performances from its cast, especially from the hilarious scene-stealing June Squibb.

Matthew Brady - wrote on 03/02/2014

When a booze-addled father receives a sweepstakes megaprize notice in the mail, his dreams of riches send him on a trip to Nebraska with his none-too-eager estranged son. The acting, the cinematography and the directing is outstanding and out of this world fantastic.

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cinegeek.de - wrote on 03/30/2016

Verhöhnt Alexander Payne seine Figuren? Ich habe mir die Frage bereits nach seinen früheren Filmen gestellt, ganz besonders aber bei Nebraska. Im Mittelpunkt steht der senile Korea Veteran und Alkoholiker Woody Grant (Bruce Dern). Woody ist jedenfalls dumm genug zu glauben, er hätte in der Lotterie gewonnen nachdem er einen dieser Werbebriefe erhielt (die der Rest der Bevölkerung in den Müll wirft). Nun will er zu Fuss nach Licoln/Nebraska wandern, um sein Geld abzuholen. Das sind 900 Meilen! Bereits als wir Woody zum ersten Mal auf der Strasse sehen, erliegen wir seinem Charme: Bruce Dern spielt ihn genauso ahnungslos wie unverdorben. Woody ist tatsächlich ein so reiner Mensch, dass einem das Herz brechen will! Wir erinnern uns, dass Dern während seiner langen Karriere meist für …

Yojimbo
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"Nebraska" by Yojimbo

Yojimbo - wrote on 03/17/2016

An elderly man from Montana receives a marketing mail shot that announces that he's "won" a million dollars, so his long-suffering son agrees to take him to Nebraska to claim his prize. Another comic character study from the writer-director of Sideways, Nebraska is a portrait of working class, small town America in which the family cope with the idiosyncrasies of a typically stoic, hard drinking working man. It takes a similar concept to The Straight Story and makes a buddy road movie during which a son comes to terms with the father he has never really known in a lightly comic way. I'm sure there are many who will recognise the character of Woody and Bruce Dern plays him to perfection, supported by a fine cast of quirky characters, including Will Forte as the son trying to bond with a …

Chris Kavan
Movie God

A Different Kind of Road Trip

Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/23/2014

Although I think the depiction of small-town Nebrasaka life is taken a tad bit too far (the black and white makes it seem all that more bleak) - it's not that far off the mark (and I should know, I'm pretty much a life-long Nebraskan here). What Alexander Payne always gets right is his characters - and he hits another home run here. Bruce Dern is simply perfect as the elderly, somewhat confused and alcoholic Woody Grant. He has received and (obviously scam) notice in the mail that he has won $1 million - and he only has to get to Lincoln, NE to claim his prize. His wife, Kate (an equally impressive June Squibb) is fed up - as he has been leaving the house and trying to walk his way from his home in Billings, Montana to the Cornhusker state.

His quiet son David (Will Forte - proving he …