Nebraska (Cert 15, 115 mins). Starring Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb, Stacy Keach, Bob Odenkirk, Mary Louise Wilson, Rance Howard, Tim Driscoll, Devin Ratray ****

Elderly curmudgeon Woody Grant (Dern) receives a bogus prize notification and embarks on a cross-country odyssey to collect the million dollars he believes is waiting for him in the titular state. The old man’s despairing son David (Forte) and long-suffering wife Kate (Squibb) try make Woody see sense, to no avail. Fearful of the repercussions for his father’s health, David agrees to indulge Woody’s fantasy and he accompany him on his journey to the offices of the lottery company. En route, they stop off at the home of Aunt Martha (Wilson) and Uncle Ray (Howard), who are delighted to learn of a windfall in the family. So too are numbskull cousins Bart and Cole and Woody’s one-time friend Ed Pegram, who claims he is owed money from many years before. Shot in crisp black and white, Nebraska is a bittersweet road movie, which deftly sketches the sinewy bonds between dysfunctional members of the Grant clan.

The Harry Hill Movie (Cert PG, 88 mins). Starring Harry Hill, Julie Walters, Matt Lucas, Simon Bird, Jim Broadbent, Sheridan Smith, Julian Barratt and the voice of Johnny Vegas **

Separated at birth from his nefarious twin brother Otto (Lucas), who has been raised by Alsatians in Kettering, Harry (Hill) has enjoyed a haphazard life in the company of his petrol-guzzling Nan (Walters) and beloved pet hamster Abu (voiced by Vegas). When Harry is wrongly led to believe that the plucky rodent has just one week to live and mistranslates the creature’s dying wish, the eponymous hero takes to the road with Nan bound for the bright lights of Blackpool. En route, the deranged clan encounters doggy superstars The Dachsund Five, an eccentric cleaning lady (Broadbent) and an ocean kingdom populated by shell people. Meanwhile a deranged vet (Bird) hired by vengeful Otto tracks their every move. Opening with a chase on scooters, The Harry Hill Movie attempts to harness the playful and anarchic spirit of the award-winning presenter of TV Burp and You’ve Been Framed.