Justin Cobb, the narrator of Walter Kirn's wildly funny novel (an amazing Lou Pucci), needs a lot of help to quit a shameful habit...

| May 7, 2020

A very loose movie, which is even capable to provoke antipathy. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Jun 28, 2019

Sublimely honest insight into the complexities of life

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 5, 2019

Although Mill's debut is occasionally flawed, there is much to admire.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 25, 2019

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 24, 2011

Many films portray teens as Frankenstein monsters bolted together by peer pressure and prescription drugs. "Thumbsucker" bests most of them by avoiding fingers wagged in caution and addressing the opportunity costs of adolescence and adulthood.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 31, 2010

So unexciting that it almost made me want to suck my thumb or whatever to get over sitting through such a heavy going and dull film.

| Original Score: C+ | Jun 20, 2010

Everything. Came. Together. Beautifully.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 28, 2008

Bonus points are awarded for the soundtrack by Tim Delaughter and many of his compatriots from the Polyphonic Spree.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 21, 2007

| Original Score: A- | Apr 20, 2007

The result is sensitive, intelligent and deeply affecting.

| Mar 1, 2007

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 12, 2006

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 1, 2006

Unlike so many movies in which a character changes in order to propel the plot forward, this one stops to follow up on the consequences of those changes.

Full Review | Dec 9, 2005

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Picking pages from a novel and expecting the selection to make up an engaging and involving screenplay is highly optimistic. It is possibly exciting for actors and the director, but it doesn't work for the audience.

| Nov 18, 2005

Like Justin, Mills struggles to make his point, but even so, this is a tender portrait of teenhood.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 1, 2005

[Pucci] has an extremely unusual face, which, in addition to bearing a strong resemblance to Tilda Swinton, allows him to carry off both deadpan comedy and serious moments with equal aplomb.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 29, 2005

Its great strength lies in its characters, all of whom are constantly surprising the viewer by not being what they seem.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 27, 2005

The way Mills gives every character the chance to surprise us turns what could have been just another tale of teen suburban angst into something special.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 25, 2005