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Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Release Date: Sep 16, 2005
Running Time: 94 mins.
Additional Notes: dialogue English
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
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 former football star, tries to help by providing an antidotal cayenne-pepper cream and a healthy dose of fly-fishing. His mother, who works as a nurse helping the rich and famous sober up, seems more concerned with a fantasy romantic relationship with TV-star Don Johnson than with her son's problems. Hypnosis seems to work, but the problem surfaces in other forms from drug addiction to alcoholism.
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Audrey Cobb
Perry Lyman
Mike Cobb
Mr. Geary
Justin Cobb
Rebecca
Matt Schramm
Joel Cobb
Stoner Guy
Perry Lyman's Assistant
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Novel as Source Material
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reviews
Thumbsucker is the story of an awkward teen who struggles not only to break himself from his addiction to sucking his thumb but also his fears and trepidation toward life itself. While trying to be Ordinary People, it winds up closer to the recent, less memorable Imaginary Heroes. Story Based on the Walter Kirn novel of the same name, Justin Cobb (Lou Taylor Pucci) is inward and shy, not exactly winning qualities for a member of the debate team. Aside from just getting through the daily rigors… 
PETER TRAVERS -
September 8, 2005
Justin Cobb (Lou Pucci) is seventeen and still sucking his thumb. It's hell on his school and sex life. His guru orthodontist (Keanu Reeves in a hilarious cameo) clouds the issue with "hippie psychobabble." But when Justin is medicated for his attention-deficit disorder, the numbnut becomes a narcissist who leads the debating team to victory. The change shocks his coach (a terrific Vince Vaughn) and his parents (Tilda Swinton and Vincent D'Onofrio), who turn out to be just as screwed up as…
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