It’s the father-son relationship and the deep layers that Alexander Payne explores that is moving and sure to pull out some emotion. The black and white aesthetic is also appropriate here.

| Aug 13, 2024

There are an assortment of memorable faces which add so much character and detail to the setting and the story itself.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 24, 2022

However thoughtful its existential investigation may be, Payne’s film also delivers plenty of quiet laughs at the expense of its characters.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 19, 2022

If one looks past Nebraska's supposedly "plain" packaging, they'll find a compelling character-driven crusade dripping with depth that is delicately delivered through both Bob Morgan's script & two powerful lead performances from Will Forte & Bruce Dern.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jul 14, 2022

“Nebraska” is easy on the eyes and soul. It’s a redemptive and often humorous tale that shows it’s never too late to heal a fractured family.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 21, 2022

"Nebraska" is about the non-Hero's Journey; life lived terminally inside the village compound, with no aspirations to anything other than a bit of comfort. It's possible to make an exciting movie about unexciting lives, but Nebraska is not that movie.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 5, 2022

Nebraska is rare in its sensitivity to the plight of a neglected and suffering population.

| Feb 27, 2021

A plain spoken but lyrical black-and-white film about a man grasping at a last chance for a legacy.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 1, 2021

Dern delivers a fine performance (a considerable distance away from ruthlessly killing John Wayne).

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 3, 2020

Alexander Payne has crafted a film that doesn't feel like a film.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 18, 2020

Despite its shortcomings, Nebraska offers much to grant it a strong recommendation, mainly for Payne's largely mature and unflinching look at the dusty underside of the American Dream.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 21, 2019

The plot of this is really simple yet believable, making it easy to care about the situation - all of which is made better by the subtle performances of its cast.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 21, 2019

Nebraska is Payne's fourth consecutive "reflections on an average white male life while on the road" film.

| Original Score: B- | Aug 27, 2019

It droops in the middle and veers off into sticky sentimentality by its third act, but Nebraska is still able to retain a solid charm.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 8, 2019

Nebraska is a bleak view of contemporary America but also a loving one.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 7, 2019

I went into Nebraska, hopeful but cautious. But in this film [Alexander] Payne seems to be going not sideways, but backwards.

| Mar 14, 2019

An authentic pathos is extracted with great skill from in between the constant jabbing notation of gesture and attitude and manners; which is to say that Payne seems a true comic artist of the oldest and most deadly serious kind.

| Mar 7, 2019

A deeply personal, emotionally resonant and -- let's not forget -- richly entertaining road movie with several award-worthy performances.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 6, 2019

Nebraska is a slow-burning heart-warmer that neatly dodges the cornball bullet of a climactic manly hug.

| Feb 22, 2019

Squibb's performance is the perfect way to sum up the film: This movie could easily have been overly sentimental, but instead has a refreshing amount of honesty that makes it memorable.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 1, 2019