Synopsis
Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn how to use the internet – he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could be his chance at redemption.
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Cast
- Ethan HawkeRussell Millings
- Elaine HendrixDiane Spring
- Diane GaetaBecca
- Betty GabrielDeeks
- Mo McRaeWilson
- Chris SullivanOrankle
- Nate MooneyHomeless Man
- Christopher HeyerdahlJim
- Anne-Marie JohnsonTracy Westmore
- Della AthertonBeverly
Recommandations
- 91
Consequence
Patient, meditative, and sanguine, Adopt a Highway is a rugged slice of Americana. - 80
Los Angeles Times
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. - 70
The New York Times
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. - 60
We Got This Covered
Adopt A Highway seems as confused as its lead character, wandering around and never quite figuring out what story it wants to tell. - 58
IndieWire
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. - 58
The Playlist
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. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Despite the film's choppy and tonally dissonant storytelling ... Hawke’s performance quite literally carries the movie. - 40
TheWrap
Marshall-Green’s directorial debut is an intriguing story centered on a flawed protagonist, and with more polishing in the second half of the film it could have really sailed.
