Thumbsucker

it doesn't make for a satisfying film.....The problem with Mike Mills' film is that the disconnection is terminal;....It is possibly exciting for actors and the director....Lou Pucci is great as Justin Cobb, but hardly an engaging character.....The reliable Tilda Swinton gets too few moments to be engaging.... ... Full Review

The road trip itself is visually engrossing, and Pucci and Deschanel exude pure charm of the sort that can float the flimsiest of boats -- like this one. It happens that the entire working-for-scale cast -- including the likes of Jena Malone, Bill Duke and Maura Tierney -- seem to be in the mood to play left field. ... Full Review

I did enjoy this film to some extent.....This quirky drama puts forth a strong effort....The performances are strong all....The film starts off mediocre....At first, this film seemed to be relishing the use of medication..... ... Full Review

namely, an intriguing story he adapted from Walter Kirn's novel.....Also, Benjamin Bratt ("The Great Raid") stops by for a couple of wildly intense, almost showstopping scenes..... ... Full Review

It is a good film, however, and isn't afraid to make some rather strong statements about suburban lifestyle (and in an offhand way bigger issues like nuclear disarmament and media theory). I'm used to seeing both in more extreme roles, but in Thumbsucker they bring intelligent and insightful performances to the rather bland suburban lives of Audrey and Mike. ... Full Review

It is also quite possibly the best coming-of-age dramas....It was a great introduction to this guy's unique talent as a filmmaker.....Donnie Darko (2001), bearing a strong resemblance with that great teen film, only without the science fiction!.... ... Full Review

Thumbsucker's" best attribute is its ability to analyze these types of drugs and the people taking them. Keanu Reeves adds some needed laughs as a sort of Buddha dentist offering advice on why people thumb-suck, but "Thumbsucker" is as basic as movies come. ... Full Review

The movie might sound like a depressing drama, but this is more of a quirky piece. Thumbsucker is a film that split me down the middle; I admired its ambition, but it didn't entirely succeed. s the conclusion to a more powerful film. ... Full Review

And I would nominate Thumbsucker as having the best final shot of the year to date. The cast renders the silly human, and the script is sad, and funny, and real without being real. ... Full Review

Thumbsucker" is an honest and funny look at the struggles of people who feel deeply flawed, both those in youth and middle age. Audrey hides from these realities through an obsession with a TV heartthrob, Matt Schraam (Benjamin Bratt), whose TV character seems to have all the neat answers, but his real drug addicted self reveals messier truths to both her and Justin. ... Full Review