The Daily Rotation – Nebraska Review

Colton of The Daily Rotation wrote, "In the opening scene of Alexander Payne‘s bucolic black-and-white film Nebraska, an elderly, scruffy-haired alcoholic named Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) sluggishly, but unyieldingly walks on the side of the interstate. One would think that he’s lost and just trying to find his way home, but in fact, that isn’t the case whatsoever. This is one of many attempted escapes from his home in Billings, Montana to Lincoln, Nebraska so he can claim a million-dollar sweepstakes prize he received in the mail, which he’ll use to purchase an air compressor and a new truck even though he can no longer drive. Ignoring the warning signs that the prize is a scam, Woody is insistent on making his way to Lincoln and its his insistency that puts the small-scale, but beautifully engaging and character-driven narrative of Nebraska into gear."