Even when Alexander Payne's acid and empathy leave the Midwest, his characters never do. Here is every Alexander Payne movie ranked:
Alexander Payne makes small movies, mostly about the emotional burdens of Midwesterners. Even when they’re in Hawaii or New England or San Diego, they’ve still got Nebraska in their DNA. With a delicately balanced combination of take-no-prisoners needling and empathetic affection, he brings us into these lives through prickly characters
—ok, sometimes just pricks—who go on journeys both physical and emotional to better cope with their disappointment and ennui. After making a few movies so searing and energetic that they’ve retained a “timeless quality,” as our Tara Bennettleans so far in this direction that it bleeds into all parts of the holiday film’s ’70s setting and aesthetic. Ranking his movies means watching the evolution of an artist, reflecting on and playing with pet themes that have never strayed far from his heart.
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