Thumbsucker is a movie directed by Mike Mills in 2005 and based on the book of the same name by Walter Kirn, first published in 1999. The movie features Lou Taylor Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Vincent D’Onofrio, Keanu Reeves, Benjamin Bratt, Kelli Garner, and others.
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Storyline
Justin Cobb is a shy 17-year-old teenager who still sucks his thumb. Realizing it’s totally disrupting his home, love and school love life, he allows his orthodontist to break him of the habit through hypnosis. Justin begins to experiment with prescription drugs, pot and sex as alternate means to overcome his anxieties and become normal, never realizing normal is just a state of mind.
Movie vs Book
Year
2005
Minutes
96
Movie Rate
6.60
Source: IMDb
Year
1999
Pages
300
Book Rate
6.90
S: Goodreads
Book
Thumbsucker
Author: Walter Kirn
Country: USA
First published in: 1999
Length: 300 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“It's a difficult thing when you make a film of a book. You have two hours to tell the story, and it's never going to be enough.”
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY (Actress)
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