A good movie

First of all, for some reasons, I actually ended up watching this movie with my father. Indeed, he was just visiting and, from all the movies I proposed to watch, he chose this one, which was pretty neat. Anyway, following 'The Decendants' (which I very much enjoyed), fortunately, it didn’t take Alexander Payne so many years to come up with a new directing effort. In fact, Payne tried to get this movie made for almost a decade and it was only after the critical success of 'The Descendants' that he finally managed to get the necessary support. Anyway, I really enjoyed the damned thing. Indeed, first of all, the black and white cinematography  was gorgeous, the soundtrack was really nice and all the actors involved (especially Bruce Dern and June Squibb) delivered some really strong performances. On top of that, some of the dialogues were quite hilarious and I loved the depth that Bruce Dern managed to put in his character. So, there was a lot of good stuff in this movie, definitely, but I'm afraid it was still missing something to really win me over. First of all, I'm not a huge fan of road trips and, on top of that, that’s a gimmick that Payne has overused through the years (see also 'About Schmidt' and 'Sideways') so I had a rather hard time to really care about this tale. Furthermore, even though they tried to make us believe that Will Forte's character was some kind of loser, the guy was just so nice, so patient with his father and actually every one else, that he became slightly boring at some point and I missed in him the complexity and struggle displayed by his father. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, I really liked it (my dad as well) and I think it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

7/10