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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 36 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 24, 2006
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Benjamin Bratt, Kelli Garner, Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio, Vince Vaughn, Keanu Reeves & Lou Taylor Pucci | |
Directed by | Mike Mills & Bob Yari | |
Music by | The Polyphonic Spree & Elliott Smith | |
Screenwriting by | Mike Mills | |
Produced by | Anthony Bregman, Anne Carey, Ted Hope & Cathy Schulman | |
Director of Photography: | Joaquin Baca-Asay |
Entertainment Reviews:
A very loose movie, which is even capable to provoke antipathy. [Full Review in Spanish]
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Espinof
Rating: 2.5/4 --
So no one would argue that Thumbsucker sucks. But the thing does seem just so indie-movie familiar.
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Globe and Mail
Unlike so many movies in which a character changes in order to propel the plot forward, this one stops to follow up on the consequences of those changes.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Rating: 3/4 --
Mills, who hails from the world of music videos and TV commercials, has surrounded Pucci with a superlative group of actors, all of whom are in tune with his quiet, low-key approach to humor.
Miami Herald
Rating: 4/5 --
A tender but glib coming-of-age journey.
Orlando Sentinel
3 stars out of 5 -- Pucci is an actor to watch: He rides this spellbinder without softening the truths that plague the thumbsucker in all of us.
Rolling Stone
It's a startlingly assured film....Mills should be grateful to his actors...
Sight and Sound
Product Description:
Music-video director Mike Mills's feature-length debut, THUMBSUCKER, is an offbeat, unique film about the trials and tribulations of a relatively normal family living in Oregon. The black comedy stars Lou Pucci as Justin Cobb, a 17-year-old who still sucks his thumb, infuriating his tough father, Mike (Vincent D'Onofrio), a high-school football star who never made it to the pros because of a knee injury. Justin's mother, Audrey (Tilda Swinton), is a nurse who is developing an odd crush on TV actor Matt Schramm (Benjamin Bratt). Meanwhile, Justin becomes more interested in Rebecca (Kelli Garner) than arguing with his peers as a member of Mr. Geary's (Vince Vaughn) debate team. To rid Justin of his thumbsucking habit--as well as other weird things that begin happening after his Zen-like orthodontist, Perry Lyman (Keanu Reeves), hypnotizes him--he is put on medication to combat attention deficit disorder, which further complicates his life and his relationships with friends, family, and teachers. Pucci is magnificent in the title role, capturing just the right nuances in his portrayal of a troubled teenager. The rest of the cast is excellent as well, especially D'Onofrio as a father unable to show his emotions, Vaughn as a cool teacher, and Reeves as a wacked-out dentist. The Polyphonic Spree composed songs for the film, which is based on a novel by Walter Kirn.
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- Sales Rank: 39,770
- UPC: 043396114821
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