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Thumbsucker Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Thumbsucker

Release Date: Friday, September 16, 2005

Director: Mike Mills

Starring: Lou Taylor Pucci Keanu Reeves Tilda Swinton Vincent D'Onofrio Chase Offerle

R Comedy 1 hr, 34 m

  • 3 / 5
56% 44%

Plot

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Plot
Justin Cobb (Lou Pucci) is seventeen, and he still sucks his thumb. Even though it worries his mother (Tilda Swinton), irritates his father (Vincent D'Onofrio), and threatens his prospects with debate team crush Rebecca (Kelli Garner), he can't stop sucking until his "guru" orthodontist (Keanu Reeves) hypnotizes him. Hypnosis frees Justin from his thumbsucking problem, but he still doesn¹t feel "normal."

He experiments with Ritalin, pot, and sex as substitutes for his thumb but they only provide temporary solutions, as he remains unable to shake his feelings of alienation. Justin looks for guidance from his parents, his debate team coach (Vince Vaughn), and even TV star Matt Schramm (Benjamin Bratt), before he finally comes to understand that no one has an easy answer, everyone is struggling to
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The film's director Mike Mills last directed C'mon C'mon and 20th Century Women. The film's writer Mike Mills last wrote C'mon C'mon and 20th Century Women.

Director
Mike Mills
Screenwriter
Producers
Anthony Bregman
Anne Carey
Jay Shapiro
Robert J. Stephenson

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Parent Rating
R Restricted for drug/alcohol use and sexuality involving teens, language and a disturbing image
Runtime
1 hr, 34 m
Tagline
Portland, Oregon, USA
Also known as
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Language
English

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Thumbsucker was released in on Friday, September 16, 2005. There were 11 other movies released on the same date, including Proof, Lord of War and Green Street Hooligans.

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