Film Review – Adopt a Highway

A working actor with credits such as “The Invitation,” “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” and “Prometheus,” Logan Marshall-Green takes a short break from his on-camera duties to make his filmmaking debut with “Adopt a Highway.” Marshall-Green doesn’t overwhelm himself with screenplay ambition, manufacturing a small tale of a broken man trying to feel whole again, or possibly emote for the very first time. Modest in scale and execution, “Adopt a Highway” does have its aimless moments, but Marshall-Green is wise to bring in Ethan Hawke for the lead role, with the pleasingly aging actor handed the entire picture to work with, using his screen time to locate the inner life of the character while the production moseys from one scene to the next, slowly generating an understanding of motivation. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com