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Adopt a Highway

2019 · 81 min

A quiet, tender character study that unfolds slowly, balancing melancholy with glimmers of hope and human connection.

Genres
Drama
Overview
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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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • redemption
  • isolation
  • family
  • parenthood
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Logan Marshall-Green
Written by
Logan Marshall-Green
Starring
Ethan Hawke, Elaine Hendrix, Diane Gaeta, Betty Gabriel, Mo McRae, Chris Sullivan, Nate Mooney, Christopher Heyerdahl
Music
Jason Isbell
Cinematography
Pepe Avila del Pino
Runtime
81 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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