It's clear immediately that Payne is going for a nostalgic, unabashedly old - school feel, with the movie's black - and - white cinematography merely the tip of the iceberg in terms of its far - from - modern sensibilities - as Nebraska progresses at
a seriously deliberate pace and, for the most part, emphasizes small, character - based moments over plot.
And while Avrech's script often proves an eye - opening look at the
seriously backwards Hasidic community, A Stranger Among Us suffers from an excessively
deliberate pace that effective highlights the less - than - engrossing storyline - with Emily and Ariel's burgeoning romance striking all the wrong notes throughout (ie there's just no chemistry between these two disparate figures).