Thumbsucker Reviews



  • Thumbsucker
    • Genre : Comedy, Drama
    • Release Date :
    • MPAA Rating : R
    • Duration : 95 minute(s)
    • Production Budget : 4
    • Studio : Sony Pictures Classics
    • Official Site : http://www.sonyclassics.com/thumbsucker/
    • Reviews Rate
      Go! Watch this movie. You'll regret if not seeing it.

    • Readers Rate
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Movie Reviews

  • Smooth, unobtrusive and very controlled
    8 of 10 by Le Apprenti [Movie-Vault ]
  • one of the best-acted movies out right now
    3 of 4 by Michael Wilmington [Chicago Tribune ]
  • Mike Mills' impressive first feature.
    by Dennis Harvey [Variety at Sundance 2005 ]
  • just the same old indie film jibber-jabber about the woeful plight of narcissistic pariahs in a world that prizes surface above substance.
    1 of 4 by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine ]
  • is accomplished in almost every respect
    4 of 5 by Elf [Iofilm ]
  • Definitely worth a look.
    3 of 5 by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette ]
  • brings heart and sting to Walter Kirn's novel
    3 of 4 by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]
  • boasts a strong character arc, some nice performances
    3 of 4 by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]
  • benefits from a goofy yet incisive sense of humor and some extremely strong performances.
    4 of 5 by Bob Westal [Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice ]
  • another look into an American family with odd, if not grotesque, characteristics
    2 of 4 by [The Filmiliar Cineaste ]
  • an impressive debut for Mills,
    3.5 of 5 by Rich Cline [Shadows on the Wall ]
  • an eclectic and enjoyable mix of comedy and drama.
    9 of 10 by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon ]
  • an accessible movie, a colorful and warm coming-of-age story with rich characters.
    4.5 of 5 by Eric D. Snider [The Land of Eric ]
  • a well-acted and reasonably intelligent stab at the genre that scores its points by given viewers something to think about
    4 of 5 by Peter Sobczynski [EFilmCritic ]
  • a phenomenal debut.
    4 of 4 by Pam Grady [Reel ]
  • a beautifully acted examination of the longing for fulfillment and the emptiness
    3.5 of 4 by Francesca Dinglasan [Boxoffice Magazine ]
  • 4.5 of 5 Reviewed by [E! Online ]
  • 4 of 5 Reviewed by Bill White [Seattle Post-Intelligencer ]
  • 3.5 of 5 Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]
  • 3 of 4 Reviewed by Stephen Schaefer [Boston Herald ]
  • 2.5 of 5 Reviewed by Chris Barsanti [Filmcritic ]
  • 2.5 of 4 Reviewed by Matthew Reynolds [Hollywood ]
  • 2.5 of 4 Reviewed by Peter Keough [The Boston Phoenix ]
  • Reviewed by David Denby [The New Yorker ]

Reader's Reviews

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