R | 1hr 55min | Comedy, Drama, Road Film | November 15, 2013 The same director who scored big with the brilliant “Sideways” fumbled with “Nebraska.” Yes, it got six Oscar nominations—forget about it. Nobody, in my opinion, was able to admit that the emperor wasn’t wearing any clothes. “Sideways” was a hit; “Nebraska” was a miss. It’s like a particularly bleak Edward Hopper painting come to life: dismal, desolate, and depressing. Containing the most microscopic Midwestern small talk you ever heard, “Nebraska” is also like a Randy Travis lyric: “As long as old men sit and talk about the weather, as long as old women sit and talk about old men.” Million-dollar Sweepstakes! Eighty-something Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) has clearly turned the corner into senility. His life has narrowed to an obsession about collecting on that type of pathetic million-dollar sweepstakes letter most Americans exit the womb recognizing as a hoax. …
Rewind, Review, and Re-rate: ‘Nebraska’ Got 6 Oscar Nominations but It’s No ‘Sideways’
April 5, 2022
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