Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention

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The TVI Take
2013 Best Picture and Best Actor nominee (Bruce Dern). A father and son road trip across the Midwest to claim a bogus sweepstakes prize.
Moderate cognitive demands with Alexander Payne's characteristic observational humor. Some educational value from the portrait of rural American decline. Shot in black and white with quiet devastating power.
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