Nebraska

Directed by Alexander Payne, this escapes the Middle-Age Loser movie to the land of Father/Son Conflicts.   With the father Woody (Bruce Dern) aging into dementia, the job of tending to him as he tries to walk to Nebraska falls to his younger son David (Will Forte) .  The older son Ross (Bob Odenkirk) is just getting some traction in his job and David is expedenable as a stereo salesman.

Did I mention Alexander Payne?  Lots of similarities to his other movies Election (backstabbing), the Descendants (family conflict) and Sideways (the Road Movie).

You'll first notice this was made in black and white, perhaps to wash out the background.  Compare to the other family drama of Mother/Daughter conflict August:  Osage County, where the cinematography was in ochre/sepia colors.  The better to focus on the character?

Woody gets a letter "Congratulations - You May Already Be a Winner" and gets it in his head that he IS the winner - he just needs to get to Lincoln, NE from Billings MT to do, conveniently along the interstates.  When he starts walking, his son says "I'll drive you".

They wind up in the small Nebraska town of Hamilton when Woody's and his family is from.  Word gets around that Woody is rich and everyone starts treating him differently, no matter what David tries to tell them to the contrary.

A good story about dividing up wealth, what might have been, and spending some time with an aging parent.
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