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Film #22 of the February Movie Challenge : Keanu Reeves or Bust!
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Would have liked it more had they reduced this 96 minute film by 95 minutes and 55 seconds! Leaving everything on the cutting room floor except for the scene where Matt Schramm (Benjamin Bratt) tells Justin Cobb (Lou Pucci) "We're all just scared little animals"

Considering the mad talent featured in this film (Tilda Swinton, Keanu Reeves, Benjamin Bratt, Vince Vaughn) this little indie looked quite promising! The actors were all quite wonderful but try as they might not even their star power and amazing talent could save this film!

I mean come on! You've snagged the great Tilda Swinton.. and the best you can do is squander her immense talent by casting her in a role where her crowning achievement involves (SPOILER ALERT) retrieving a drug filled balloon from Benjamin Bratt's arse by ramrodding her fist up the ole Hershey Highway!

If this movie was bad I was gonna say that it *sucked* but unfortunately I liked it so

However it's the longest movie ever and at a staggering 27 acts I'd like Mike Mills to get in contact with Guinness, of Guinness Book of World Records to discuss entering his name along with my obituary into the 2005 b0ok, thank you

i feel like i just watched 3 different movies, and one of them was only half finished

I didn't think a film with the name Thumbsucker could be so good! 

if u would like good 3 reasons to watch: 
a) Keanu Reeves is in it 
b) he says this:

"That's all we humans can do. Guess. Try. Hope. But, Justin, just pray you don't fool yourself into thinking you've got the answer. Because that's bullshit. The trick is living without an answer.
...
I think."

c) not even sure it's his best line in the movie

Despite the meme-worthy poster and strange concept, Mike Mills directorial feature length debut is actually quite good. It's a unique and oddball coming of age story very much inspired by Rushmore. It's extremely overstuffed with like 27 different plot points, but the movie is so freaking nuts that I couldn't help but enjoy it.

Also Keanu Reeves gives an INSANE performance in this as a hippie orthodontist who knows hypnosis.

Indie twaddle. The only thing noteworthy about this junk is how the director was able to rope in so many talented actors and Keanu Reeves to play bit parts.

an elliott smith soundtrack! keanu reeves as a hippie dentist! lead star has swoon worthy early 2000s emo hair! suburbia!!!

Thumbsucker possesses Mike Mills' obsession (but with the early and immature vision) with new york city and his West Coast root, dreams and success, achievement and contentment, girls and weed, family dynamic and human interaction. Mike's characters are never realistic, they are more of a concept, an idea that he represents. These characters are complex to an extent that they are too two-dimensional. Maybe that's why I am so touched about them. Because it is personal and intimate to Mike and to me as his audience. Just glad to see his style develop through Beginners and 20th Century Women.

And damn I'll be happy to have Keanu to be my dentist/ therapist any day of the year.

A quirky, quiet, and well-acted film. The characters are believable and multi-layered, each one having their own issues to deal with. Lou Pucci is great as Justin Cobb, as is Tilda Swinton as his mother; most memorable, however, is Justin’s orthodontist Perry Lyman, who is played by Keanu Reeves.

i watched this movie when i was like twelve and fell in love with lou

7,45/10

This is basically a worse version of Submarine (which maybe I underrated), or like, most white guy coming-of-age movies. I like basically every actor in it (Keanu and Vaughn are indeed the best), but it's pretty meandering and indulgent, and the protagonist is a bit of a limp rag. Just plods along fine, with nothing too interesting or funny.

A lot done with very little and an amazing cast. Beautifully shot and a ton of depth. The characters were all complex and the typically cliche themes of growing up are shown here with nuance. This is kind of like the male Lady Bird but with a lot more insight.