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Nebraska

Movie · 2013 · 115 min

A quiet, bittersweet road trip through faded small towns, drifting between gentle humour and melancholy as an old man and his son slowly reach each other.

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2013 film directed by Alexander Payne
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Class
Movie
Year
2013
Runtime
115 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • aging
  • memory
  • grief
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • road trip
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour5
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, comedy drama
Directed by
Alexander Payne
Written by
Bob Nelson
Starring
Bruce Dern, Bob Odenkirk, June Squibb, Stacy Keach, Rance Howard, Will Forte, Devin Ratray, Mary Louise Wilson
Music
Mark Orton
Cinematography
Phedon Papamichael
Runtime
115 min
Country
United States
Languages
Spanish, English

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