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A road movie in which Duncan (Chris Marquette), an autistic young man presented as lovable naïf, and Maya (Rumer Willis), an embattled but secretly tender young woman, embark on an improvised car trip, The Odd Way Home pulls its punches, so to speak, right from the start.

Moments after the opening credits, Maya is viciously beaten by her boyfriend, and the viewer is given to believe that this is the couple's status quo. The next morning she quietly slips away in his truck, only a vague destination in mind.

That all occurs in the first five minutes, but it's here that director that Rajeev Nirmalakhandan (who co-wrote the script with Jason Ronstadt) unintentionally reveals his surface take on his own material. Willis's makeup is less evocative of someone who'...

Rumer Willis and Chris Marquette will star in The Odd Way Home which tells of a man with autism who meets a woman fleeing her Los Angeles life, and their journey through the Southwest. Also starring are Brendan Sexton III, Veronica Cartwright and Bruce Altman. Rajeev Nirmalakhandan helms as as well as scripting alongside Jason Ronstadt. from the screenplay he wrote with Jason Ronstandt. The independent drama from Slant Productions and Sandia Media starts filming later in July in New Mexico, reports Variety. Peter Touche of Screen Media is producing with Patrick Nelson while Victor Kearney serves as executive producer on The Odd Way Home. Marquette was ,last seen in The Double and is in post-production phase on Leslie Greif's Sleeping Around, with Tammin Sursok, Jesse Bradford and Wendi McLendon-Covey.

Rumer Willis and Chris Marquette will star in The Odd Way Home which tells of a man with autism who meets a woman fleeing her Los Angeles life, and their journey through the Southwest. Also starring are Brendan Sexton III, Veronica Cartwright and Bruce Altman. Rajeev Nirmalakhandan helms as as well as scripting alongside Jason Ronstadt. from the screenplay he wrote with Jason Ronstandt. The independent drama from Slant Productions and Sandia Media starts filming later in July in New Mexico, reports Variety. Peter Touche of Screen Media is producing with Patrick Nelson while Victor Kearney serves as executive producer on The Odd Way Home. Marquette was ,last seen in The Double and is in post-production phase on Leslie Greif's Sleeping Around, with Tammin Sursok, Jesse Bradford and Wendi McLendon-Covey.