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* BareYourMidriff: Most of Maya's tops do this.
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* WhoWearsShortShorts: Maya wears short cut-offs in some scenes.
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* AndStarring: With Creator/VeronicaCartwright and Bruce Altman.
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* AndStarring: With Creator/VeronicaCartwright and Bruce Altman.Creator/BruceAltman.
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* DidYouThinkICantFeel: [[spoiler:James Richards]] says of Duncan, "He doesn't feel! He doesn't know any better! Quit fooling yourself!" Maya snarls, "You have no idea."
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* PottyEmergency: When Duncan works as a convenience store clerk, a customer tells him, "I gotta pee like a racehorse." This inspires Duncan to have a dream about a peeing racehorse, which he later draws.
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* AndStarring: With Creator/VeronicaCartwright and Bruce Altman.
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* TantrumThrowing: In the opening scene, Maya's boyfriend smashes glasses against the wall.
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* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: In the opening scene, Maya's boyfriend snarls, "Look what you made me do to you."
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* ChildhoodHomeRediscovery: [[spoiler:Maya revisits her childhood home, a small, run-down house with trash scattered outside.]]
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* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: [[spoiler:Maya's mother Francine shows nothing but relief at her father's death, saying that he "did the world a favor."]]
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* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: [[spoiler:Maya's mother Francine (Creator/VeronicaCartwright) shows nothing but relief at her father's death, saying that he "did the world a favor."]]
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* SymbolicallyBrokenObject: [[spoiler:After Maya's final argument with Francine, Francine throws Maya's childhood doll into the fire. She plans to do the same with all her photos of Maya and her father.]]
* UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming: [[spoiler:Francine hates Maya for "stealing" her husband away from her. She blames Maya for everything that's gone wrong with her life, from her loveless marriage to the shabbiness of her house.]]
* UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming: [[spoiler:Francine hates Maya for "stealing" her husband away from her. She blames Maya for everything that's gone wrong with her life, from her loveless marriage to the shabbiness of her house.]]
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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Maya's father sexually abused her so severely that she is now incapable of giving birth.]]
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: [[spoiler:Maya's mother Francine shows nothing but relief at her father's death, saying that he "did the world a favor."]]
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: [[spoiler:Maya's mother Francine shows nothing but relief at her father's death, saying that he "did the world a favor."]]
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* NameOrderConfusion: [[spoiler:Duncan addresses Maya's mother as Mrs. Maya.]]
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* BegoneBribe: [[spoiler:James offers Maya and Duncan a large sum of money to never contact him again.]]
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* DisappearedDad: James Richards (Bruce Altman) sends Duncan checks, but hasn't actually contacted him in twenty years. [[spoiler:Turns out he's now a respected pastor with a wife and kids who don't know Duncan exists. He's dismayed when Duncan shows up and does his best to get him to leave as quickly as possible.]]
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* DiegeticSwitch: The movie cuts from Maya performing "Blind" onstage with an acoustic guitar, to Maya and Duncan driving while a version of the song with more instruments plays in the background.
* DisappearedDad: James Richards (Bruce Altman) sends Duncan checks, but hasn't actually contacted him in twenty years. [[spoiler:Turns out he's now a respected pastor with a wife and kids who don't know Duncan exists. He's dismayed when Duncan showsup up, is clearly embarrassed by him, and does his best to get him to leave as quickly as possible.]]
* DisappearedDad: James Richards (Bruce Altman) sends Duncan checks, but hasn't actually contacted him in twenty years. [[spoiler:Turns out he's now a respected pastor with a wife and kids who don't know Duncan exists. He's dismayed when Duncan shows
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* GoingColdTurkey: Maya and Duncan briefly stay at the home of Dave (Creator/BrendanSextonIII), one of her exes. While there, Maya decides to flush the prescription medication to which she is addicted down the toilet. Dave helps her through the withdrawal.
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* GoingColdTurkey: Maya and Duncan briefly stay at the home of Dave (Creator/BrendanSextonIII), (Brendan Sexton III), one of her exes. While there, Maya decides to flush the prescription medication to which she is addicted down the toilet. Dave helps her through the withdrawal.
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* AttemptedRape: A creepy guy from a bar tries to rape Maya by the truck. Duncan fights him off with a dental pick.
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* BridalCarry: Dave holds Maya like this to comfort her during withdrawal.
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* GoingColdTurkey: Maya and Duncan briefly stay at the home of Dave (Creator/BrendanSextonIII), one of her exes. While there, Maya decides to flush the prescription medication to which she is addicted down the toilet. Dave helps her through the withdrawal.
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* BareYourMidriff: Most of Maya's tops do this.
* BigGuyRodeo: During a fight in a diner, Maya jumps on a man's back to stop him from attacking Duncan.
* BigGuyRodeo: During a fight in a diner, Maya jumps on a man's back to stop him from attacking Duncan.
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* FlippingTheBird: Maya's carjacking victim flips her off as he drives away. Duncan mimics the gesture, then asks Maya what it is; she tells him that it means "Fuck you." [[spoiler:At the end of the movie, Maya throws her father's ashes off a bridge into a ravine. Duncan flips off the fallen ashes.]]
* HatesBeingTouched: Duncan flinches whenever anyone touches him.
* HatesBeingTouched: Duncan flinches whenever anyone touches him.
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* BitchSlap: Maya slaps Duncan for trying to drive off.
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* DoesNotDrive: Duncan doesn't know how to drive, which doesn't stop him from trying to drive off with the truck. Maya has to hijack a car, chase after him, and yell instructions.
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* DisappearedDad: James Richards (Bruce Altman) sends Duncan checks, but hasn't actually contacted him in twenty years. [[spoiler:Turns out he's now a respected pastor with a wife and kids who don't know Duncan exists. He's dismayed when Duncan shows up and does his best to get him to leave as quickly as possible.]]
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* WhoWearsShortShorts: Maya wears short cut-offs in some scenes.
* ZippingUpTheBodybag: Maya throws a sheet over Duncan's grandma.
* ZippingUpTheBodybag: Maya throws a sheet over Duncan's grandma.
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* ScheduleFanatic: Duncan lives by a series of alarms on his phone, determining everything from when he makes lunch to when he goes to the bathroom.
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''The Odd Way Home'' is an independent film directed by Rajeev Nirmalakhandan and written by Nirmalakhandan and Jason Ronstadt.
Maya (Rumer Willis), a young musician who has just left her abusive boyfriend, steals a delivery truck, which turns out to be the home of Duncan Richards (Creator/ChrisMarquette), an autistic man whose grandmother has just died. As the two go on a road trip to meet first his father and then hers, they grow to understand each other and form a close friendship.
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!!''The Odd Way Home'' contains examples of:
* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: In the opening scene, Maya's boyfriend beats her with his belt.
* LivesInAVan: Duncan's grandma has a house, but he prefers to live in a truck in her driveway because "Grandma's walls are too complicated."
* ScheduleFanatic: Duncan lives by a series of alarms on his phone, determining everything from when he makes lunch to when he goes to the bathroom.
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Maya (Rumer Willis), a young musician who has just left her abusive boyfriend, steals a delivery truck, which turns out to be the home of Duncan Richards (Creator/ChrisMarquette), an autistic man whose grandmother has just died. As the two go on a road trip to meet first his father and then hers, they grow to understand each other and form a close friendship.
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!!''The Odd Way Home'' contains examples of:
* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: In the opening scene, Maya's boyfriend beats her with his belt.
* LivesInAVan: Duncan's grandma has a house, but he prefers to live in a truck in her driveway because "Grandma's walls are too complicated."
* ScheduleFanatic: Duncan lives by a series of alarms on his phone, determining everything from when he makes lunch to when he goes to the bathroom.
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