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Thumbsucker

Rating:R (for drug/alcohol use and sexuality involving teens, language and a disturbing image.)
Genre:Comedy, Drama
Release Date:September 16, 2005
Running time:94 minutes
Cast:Lou Taylor Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio, Kelli Garner, Keanu Reeves
Director:Mike Mills
Producer:Anthony Bregman, Anne Carey, Jay Shapiro, Robert J. Stephenson
Writer:Walter Kirn, Mike Mills
Distributor:Sony Pictures Classics

Description: 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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