Bruce Dern

Will Forte

June Squibb

Bob Odenkirk

Stacy Keach

Mary Louise Wilson

Rance Howard

Tim Driscoll

Devin Ratray

Angela McEwan

Glendora Stitt

Elizabeth Moore

Kevin Kunkel

Dennis McCoig

Ronald Vosta

Missy Doty

John Reynolds

Jeffrey Yosten

Neal Freudenberg

Eula Freudenberg

Ray Stevens

Lois Nemec

Francisco Mendez

Catherine Rae Schutz

Jose Muñoz

Terry Kotrous

Dennis McCave

Rachel Lynn Leister

Melinda Simonsen

Noah Matteo

Scott Goodman

Colleen O'Doherty

Sherry Ristow

Roger Stuckwisch

Franklin Dennis Jones

Jason Speidel

Bob Knollenberg

Robert Dach

Sherry Ferris

Anthony G. Schmidt

Bob Nelson

Doug Mankoff

Mark Orton

John Jackson

Kevin Tent

Alexander Payne

Phedon Papamichael

Sandy Veneziano

Albert Berger

J. Dennis Washington

Ron Yerxa

Julie M. Thompson

Beauchamp Fontaine

George Parra

Gary Archer

Nathan Carlson

Neil Tabatznik

Robin Fredriksz

Frank Gaeta

Patrick Cyccone Jr.

Scott Curtis

David Bach

Hope M. Parrish

Joe Lemola

Jessica Ripka

Jonathan Fuh

Wendy Chuck

Waldo Sanchez

Alicia Stevenson

Mads Hansen

Billy 'Jilly Bones' Jones

Valerie Flueger Veras

Wes Clowers

Jay Wejebe

Rick Reynolds

Danny Epper

Erika Abrams

Tim Sitarz

Chuck 'Chaz' Hosack

Timothy D. McKeown

Carrick O'Quinn

Jim Palmer

Erik Rondell

Lawson Deming

Nate Selee

Don Poole

Geoff Ernst

Tari Segal

Erik F. Hill

Josh Land

Hilton Garrett

Merie Weismiller Wallace

Bryan Arenas

Richard Ford

Chris Weigand

Tom Rebber

David Luckenbach

Gary Edelman

Marisa Clayton

Gracie Klein

Mark Sahagun

John Latenser V

Rebecca Robertson

Billy Scoles

Jeff Winn

Dawn Fintor

José Antonio García

Jeannine Bourdaghs

Rafael E. Sánchez

Drama

Adventure

Nebraska

Echo Lake Entertainment

Bona Fide Productions

United States of America

**Payne Relief**

The black and white photography is a nice touch. It gives a kind of Karsh look to the weathered faces of the aging, reflective, yet still yearning cast of characters, and suits the rapidly fading memories of a bygone era in recent American history. The acting was pretty good. Bruce Dern gives an effortless performance as a cranky old coot with one attention-seeking foot in the spotlight and the other half-buried in the shadows of utter dementia. The interpersonal conflicts among family and community, past and present are presented in a simple, linear uncomplicated way. The story seems to want to explore the sad truths of a regressive, bankrupt nation and the ridiculous dreams and delusions people cling to. Life is limited and unfinished. Like the heads carved out of Mount Rushmore. Like the forlorn characters wandering on and off the screen. For even after a lifetime of honest hard work aligned with various fixed Christian principles, a restless, quiet desperation lingers. Lies and illusions are necessary to prevent a lonely, inconsolable reality from setting in. And while Alexander Payne manages to keeps things relatively upbeat to prevent dragging us down into a pit of futile despair, he also fails to fully develop and realize the themes he puts forward. Every time Payne rustles up a movie (Sideways, The Descendants) he gets high praise, and this time he almost deserves it. He's a fairly astute cinematician who wants to make meaningful pictures without getting in too deep. Specifically, road movies on half a tank. Thankfully, he doesn't tread into murky Bergman territory, or puff his stuff up with Goddard-like self-importance, but he doesn't do himself much justice by avoiding or brushing off the potential worth and urgency of the matters he introduces. His concepts are cut short. While I'm watching Nebraska, I can't help but wonder how adept filmmakers like Kieslowski or Cassavettes would have treated and serviced the material. What's almost more disappointing than getting old, losing a presence of mind and attempting to reconcile broken memories, is not being able to fully grasp, much less handle and nurture, your own brainchild.

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