Benjamin Bratt, Chase Offerle, Keanu Reeves
Dubbed "the King Kong of oral obsessives" by his hippie dentist, Justin Cobb is a 16-year-old desperate to find a way to break this embarrassing habit he has retained since infancy. His father, a form...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 24, 2006
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Stats: 2,328 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (2,328)
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September 23, 2009A sweet little indie with a great soundtrack. Keanu Reeves still can?t act to save his life though!
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June 13, 2009Although the movie starts out silly, I really liked how the story evolves into a very identifiable subject; the desire to change. And what is it that makes it so hard to just communicate with our parents, God, am I glad I'm not seventeen anymore!
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November 7, 2008Fun movie about growing up in a messed up world. I laugh every time the kids throws up the sign with the wolf at Keanu Reeves.
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March 20, 200816 year old Justin Cobb is struggling. He keeps to himself, sucks his thumb, strikes out with his girlfriend. He tries cayenne pepper, hypnosis, Ritalin and street drugs to attempt to solve his problems.
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October 14, 2009An Indie. Odd, mellow but unique. Down to earth. Plain & real enough to have the minimum use of so-called 'dramatic' coating (alias the bubble-gum, fairy-tale like- thou there are still some). A super cast- Lou Pucci gives a very convincing performance off a confusing, comin' off...( read more)
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September 6, 2009An interesting character study/coming of age story. Great turns by all of the supporting cast. Story rambles a little.
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August 5, 2009I could relate to this!! Im a 17 year old thumbsucker whos trying to break the habit, but its impossible!!!!!
Critic Reviews
September 29, 2005
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
September 23, 2005
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Mills, working from a novel by Walter Kirn, brings some unusual touches to a film that could easily have become a standard indie coming-of-age tale. full review
September 22, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
I have focused on Justin, but really the movie is equally about the adult characters, who all seem to have lacked adequate parenting themselves. We talk about the tragedy of children giving birth to c... full review
September 15, 2005
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Mike Mills's feature-film debut manages to show how calamitous and out of control (and also how thrilling) growing up odd and ordinary can be. full review
September 9, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Pucci is an actor to watch: He rides this spellbinder without softening the truths that plague the thumbsucker in all of us. full review
August 24, 2005
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Indulges in the notion that those living outside the big city are socially and psychologically maladjusted morons. full review
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January 31, 2008this movie was sooo awesome for the fact that someone out there thinks its o.k to suck your thumbwich i admit i do sometimes...my parents are on me all the time about my habbit but someone finally understands how i feel.
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