Thumbsucker (2005)

Directed by

Mike Mills

Genre

drama film, comedy film, coming-of-age film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

R

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 267 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenager in suburban Oregon struggles with his thumb-sucking habit and gets diagnosed with ADHD. He starts taking Ritalin and deals with family, romance, and his own identity.

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What happens

Thumbsucker is a 2005 American independent comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Mills in his feature directorial debut. The film stars Lou Taylor Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio, Kelli Garner, Benjamin Bratt, Vince Vaughn, and Keanu Reeves. The plot focuses on Justin Cobb, a teenager in suburban Oregon, as he copes with his thumb-sucking problem, romance, and his diagnosis of ADHD, as well as his subsequent experience using Ritalin. The screenplay was adapted from the 1999 Walter Kirn novel of the same name. Tilda Swinton also served as an executive producer. The film was shot on location in the Portland metropolitan area in 2003, and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2005. It received a limited release in the United States on September 16, 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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