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Justin Cobb (LOU PUCCI) still sucks his thumb at 17. He wants to stop and knows that his thumbsucking is disrupting his family, his love life and his identity.
The only thing that changes his behavior is hypnosis therapy administered by his “guru” orthodontist. But while Justin felt this would solve all his problems and he would finally be “normal,” his troubles were really just beginning. Thumbsucking
was only a symptom of a deep-seated fear: that he and his father aren’t good enough for his mother, and that she would leave them. Thumbsucking was the only way to soothe this fear. Once that is gone Justin spirals into manic behavior, is diagnosed with ADHD and put on Ritalin, which becomes a substitute for his thumb. When the high of the prescription drugs and a newfound success at school crash, Justin turns to pot and sex to replace his thumb.
Movie information
| Release Date (USA): | 2005-09-16 |
| Rating (USA): | R |
| Release Date (UK): | 2005-10-28 |
| Rating (UK) : | 15 |
| Director: | Mike Mills |
| Producer: | Anthony Bregman |
| Studio: | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Writer/s: | Mike Mills (screenplay) and Walter Kirn (novel) |
Cast
| Lou Taylor Pucci | Justin Cobb |
| Tilda Swinton | Audrey Cobb |
| Vincent D'Onofrio | Mike Cobb |
| Kelli Garner | Rebecca |
| Keanu Reeves | Dr. Perry Lyman |
| Vince Vaughn | Mr. Geary |
| Benjamin Bratt | Matt Schraam |
| Chase Offerle | Joel Cobb |
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