Adopt a Highway

Name: Adopt a Highway
Genre: Drama
Released: November 1, 2019
Duration: 78 min
Rating: 53
Cast: Anne-Marie Johnson, Betty Gabriel, Chris Sullivan, Chris Williams, Christopher Heyerdahl

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| Release Date: November 1, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Anne-Marie Johnson, Betty Gabriel, Chris Sullivan, Chris Williams, Christopher Heyerdahl, Diane Marshall-Green, Elaine Hendrix, Ethan Hawke, Milauna Jemai, Mo, Nate Mooney

Summary: After being released from prison following a twenty year sentence for a minor offense, an ex-con (Ethan Hawke) must learn to navigate the modern world while coming to terms with his own life which has moved on - all while caring for the abandoned baby he finds in a dumpster. [SXSW]

Director: Logan Marshall-Green

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 78 min

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Michael Roffman

Mar 12, 2019

Patient, meditative, and sanguine, Adopt a Highway is a rugged slice of Americana. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Oct 30, 2019

Adopt a Highway is a small film but mighty, thanks to Hawke’s reserved yet touching performance as a broken man learning to test his wings again, and Marshall-Green’s willingness to take Russell down unexpected paths. Read full review

Ken Jaworowski

Oct 31, 2019

Like a spare short story, this little indie nurtures a few simple emotions, then hopes its audience will stick around to share in them. I’m glad I did. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Mar 12, 2019

Marshall-Green is just finding his way, and his debut is very much a first film. ... Modest and unfussy, “Adopt a Highway” fails to ground its fable-esque qualities in a deeper bedrock of emotional truth, but its best moments offer a tender glimpse at what people do with several decades of pent-up resentment. Read full review

The Playlist Griffin Schiller

Mar 14, 2019

It’s easy to admire Green’s decision to tell a personal story that came from the heart, but the end result is, unfortunately, something a little flat, unremarkable and it’s only Ethan Hawke’s terrifically empathetic performance that makes this long and listless journey feel like it’s a road worth taking. Read full review

Beandrea July

Mar 12, 2019

Despite the film's choppy and tonally dissonant storytelling ... Hawke’s performance quite literally carries the movie. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Mar 12, 2019

All evidence here suggests that Marshall-Green needs a strong collaborator — or maybe just someone else’s screenplay — the next time he gets behind the camera. Read full review

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ThatFilmGuy20

Nov 6, 2019

Adopt A Highway is a feel-good story that brings out a lot of emotions at once, what we have here is a sweet story that's told on two facets, one is a story of a lost soul doing its best to survive and the other side of it is this heartwarming longing to a nice life once lived and neverAdopt A Highway is a feel-good story that brings out a lot of emotions at once, what we have here is a sweet story that's told on two facets, one is a story of a lost soul doing its best to survive and the other side of it is this heartwarming longing to a nice life once lived and never quite got enough of it. I was caught off guard several times by the performances as they were genuine and heartfelt and that added so much to the story, Ethan Hawke's rendition here was spot on, he delivers on so many levels, he gave his character life, and he infused it with minor details that make it just work.
This film goes to remind us that it's never too late to start a new life, no matter how much you suffered or went through, there's always a way to start over and live again, Solid film.… Expand

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amheretojudge

Nov 7, 2019

It is a vibrating story about vibrating characters, hence they don't go anywhere.

Adopt A Highway Logan Marshall-Green has a medicinal journey in his mind and its tickets are worth more than they ask for. This debut on both paper and screen has a surprising calmness. You don't see suchIt is a vibrating story about vibrating characters, hence they don't go anywhere.

Adopt A Highway

Logan Marshall-Green has a medicinal journey in his mind and its tickets are worth more than they ask for. This debut on both paper and screen has a surprising calmness. You don't see such control often in filmmakers. Now you can argue as much as you like whether it was a small budget that was helping him or few scenes or less crowd or experienced crowd. But the truth of the matter is, the end result is a sweet delight. Often we see stories pushing our protagonist into self discovering journey that leads them towards new places both physically and mentally and no matter how breathtaking they have been.

None of them actually made me feel the urgency to have that very trip, to be around that swooshy air and sensible being that we are rooting for. The film puts you right into the spot where Ethan Hawke goes through. It is present and alive. Which makes Hawke's work easy going. And also with him in charge of being the face of the movie there are no regrets on performance. You see Hawke adapt its surrounding lickety split.

When around child he absorbs her notion to a degree that his gullibility comforts us when the storyline has to take appropriate harsh decisions. When around an expressive personality that is taking over his things, he does try and wrap around her as well in order to show his gratitude and welcoming nature. And when her boss boss around supportively, he seeks the motherhood-ness that he always wanted. No wonder then, that the film focuses on a brief period of time and bounces around few characters, to keep his innocence alive. For after he goes out, after he Adopt(s) A Highway, he is ready to take responsibility.… Expand

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