Synopsis
Justin Cobb, a teenager in suburban Oregon, copes with his thumb-sucking problem, romance, and his diagnosis with ADHD and subsequent experience using Ritalin.
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Cast
- Lou Taylor PucciJustin Cobb
- Tilda SwintonAudrey Cobb
- Vincent D'OnofrioMike Cobb
- Keanu ReevesPerry
- Benjamin BrattMatt Schramm
- Kelli GarnerRebecca
- Chase OfferleJoel Cobb
- Vince VaughnMr. Geary
- Bob StephensonDebate Official
- Nancy O'DellSelf
Recommandations
- 80
Film Threat
Benefits from a goofy yet incisive sense of humor and some extremely strong performances. - 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
One of the wonderful things about Thumbsucker is that, 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. - 75
Rolling Stone
Pucci is an actor to watch: He rides this spellbinder without softening the truths that plague the thumbsucker in all of us. - 75
ReelViews
Thumbsucker is true to its nature, and that makes Justin's eventual transformation all the more rewarding. - 75
Premiere
The movie has a lot of good bits and terrific performances, including a too-perfect Keanu Reeves as a mystic orthodontist. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Thumbsucker is a head-scratcher. It's well directed and acted. Yet the story has little emotional pull. - 70
Variety
Thumbsucker (like "Donnie Darko") is more likely to prosper in the long haul as a home-format cult fave than in its initial arthouse tour. Both offer eccentric humor within a fairly somber overall tone, support-cast surprises, and (to a lesser degree in Thumbsucker) fable-like, hyperreal elements. - 70
Village Voice
Endearing and well-acted.
