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DVD: Thumbsucker (2005)

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[Spin and Stir] Vincent D'Onofrio plays the stilted, insecure father -- unsure of himself, his wife”šs devotion to him, his intellectual superiority to his son. At times it is hard to tell if the character is confused about his

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[Space Junk: A Geek Entertainment News Blog and Podcast] Thumbsucker: With Thumbsucker, first-time director Mike Mills proves himself to be a much more gifted filmmaker than many other directors who come from music video/TV commercial backgrounds. He orchestrates this art-house flick without a hint of pretentiousness, and also avoids the cliches that drag down so many other teen movies.

[Dvdtimes.co.uk] DVD Times - Thumbsucker: Adolescence – and the problems teenagers go through during this emotionally-volatile period – has been portrayed on film for decades and it continues to be a fascinating area of study, and whilst Thumbsucker offers nothing new it is nonetheless an interesting and enjoyable comedic drama. It is of course fitting that Mills' screenplay is both comedic and indeed tragic, since teenage life seems to wildly fluctuate between the two in an instant;

[Joblo.com] The DVD Clinic Movie Review of Thumbsucker: More in-depth than your standard fluff piece. There are also Previews and a Director’s Blog that you can read via a DVD rom.

[Reel.com] Thumbsucker (2005): There's a lot of varied information provided in the DVD extras, a bit too much if you count the lily-gilding director's blog, copied off the movie's promotional website. Better to listen to writer/director Mills' engaging commentary track, in which the open, self-effacing filmmaker chats virtually non-stop about the creation of this labor of love.

[Flickfilosopher.com] The Flick Filosopher | Short Cuts: there's his dad, Mike (Vincent D'Onofrio: Law & Order: Criminal Intent), who's so insecure about growing older that he insists Justin call him and his wife by their first names, and not "Mom and Dad." It's no wonder Justin is a mess, frankly, and yet his parents aren't bad people, just, you know, scared kids trapped in grownup bodies; even the two other adults around him who want to help -- his dentist (Keanu Reeves: Constantine), who worries about what thumbsucking is doing to his teeth, and a teacher (Vince Vaughn: Wedding Crashers), who frets that Justin isn't "applying himself" -- don't realize that their attempts to straighten Justin out are more about their own needs than Justin's.

[Loaded247.com] Thumbsucker (2005) DVD: Buy Thumbsucker (2005) Region 1 DVD Cheap from Loaded247.com. His father Mike (VINCENT D'ONOFRIO) is himself shadowed by the sad twists of youth: a .