A teenager tries to break his addiction to his thumb in this quirky comedy / drama.
'Thumbsucker' is a quirky, but above all, well written and acted satire about the dangers of quick-fix medication and our brave new world where mind-altering, psychoactive drugs are doled out to the masses like candy sticks at Christmas.
The story focuses on a 17 year old boy (played with aplomb by newcomer Lou Pucci) who tires to kick the childlike habit of thumb sucking, there to "help" him along the way are his orthodontist (a surprisingly droll turn by Keanu Reeves), mother Tilda Swinton, father Vincent D"onofrio (both excellent), high school debate coach Vince Vaughn (giving a commendably dark and tragi-comic performance) and would-be girlfriend Kelli Garner (whose basically playing the Mena Suvari role from 'American Beauty'). This is a fantastic film that was ignored at the cinema, but deserves to be re-discovered, it may even garner enough fans to be considered a cult movie, either way, check it out, its well worth seeing.
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