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
Stats: 2,328 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (2,328)
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September 23, 2009
A sweet little indie with a great soundtrack. Keanu Reeves still can?t act to save his life though!
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June 13, 2009
Although 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!
I guess it's about growing up, bu...( read more) -
November 7, 2008
Fun 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, 2008
16 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, 2009
An 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, 2009
An 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, 2009
I could relate to this!! Im a 17 year old thumbsucker whos trying to break the habit, but its impossible!!!!!
Critic Reviews
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
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
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
Pucci is an actor to watch: He rides this spellbinder without softening the truths that plague the thumbsucker in all of us. full review
Indulges in the notion that those living outside the big city are socially and psychologically maladjusted morons. full review
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