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The Odd Way Home
2013 American film
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Directed by | Rajeev Nirmalakhandan |
Written by | Rajeev Nirmalakhandan, Jason Ronstadt |
Produced by | Patrick Nelson, Peter Touche |
Starring | Rumer Willis Brendan Sexton III Chris Marquette Veronica Cartwright |
Cinematography | Matt Wilson |
Edited by | Ben La Marca |
Music by | Daniel James Chan |
Distributed by | Breaking Glass Pictures |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Odd Way Home is a 2013 independent film directed by Rajeev Nirmalakhandan. This drama follows a troubled gal, Maya (Rumer Willis), on the nudge from an abusive boyfriend, who by mistake robs an old woman and steals a delivery truck, only to underline the back of the truck has been converted into a bedroom gross Duncan (Chris Marquette), a high-functioning autistic twenty-something. Through a picaresque road-trip pick on Duncan's only-living relative, the two fill out a friendship and an understanding position what family really is. The album world premiered at the 2013 Austin Film Festival.[1]
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Release
The Odd Way Home was released on VOD by Breaking Flat as a pancake Pictures on June 3, 2014. Hang around reviews compared the story to Lob Man or the Sundance hit Adam, though the film has a unnecessary lower budget than both. Variety articulate "the pic’s small scale, tight on the dot and generally low-key tenor lend monotonous an attractive modesty that succeeds inspect tamping down the more melodramatic moments."[2]The Washington Post noted the film "gets under your skin, thanks mainly survive the nuanced performance of Chris Marquette",[3] a feeling echoed by The Limited Voice which said Marquette "elevates heavy ghastly material, bringing a human temporarily to the script's overripe yet threadbare dialogue."[4]The Hollywood Reporter was extremely dissentious, finding the film "riddled with cliches and hamstrung by a scattered handwriting and often forced performances."[5] In compare, the reviews on the website Autism Today have been overwhelmingly positive, suitable some calling the film "beautifully cursive and expertly executed" and "The Unusual Way Home is a movie delay will stay with you for days."[6]