Trailers
Description
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.
Starring
Key opinion
Adopt a Highway is defined by Ethan Hawke's committed, sensitive performance, which anchors the film's modest and gentle intentions. However, the production suffers from a disjointed narrative and a polarizing screenplay that many critics find structurally weak and lacking in thematic coherence.
| Acting | Ethan Hawke delivers a transformative and deeply felt performance, effectively capturing the vulnerability of a socially maladapted former prisoner. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay suffers from abrupt narrative shifts, abandoned subplots, and an reliance on a deus ex machina ending that undermines the film's grounded tone. | |
| Direction | Logan Marshall-Green’s direction is marked by a quiet, modest visual style, though the lack of a strong script leaves the overall narrative feeling inert. | |
| Theme | The central premise involving the abandoned infant creates a divide; some viewers appreciate the film's gentle, simple-hearted exploration of human connection, while others find the protagonist's questionable decision-making and lack of realism alienating. |