USA,
2005, 95 min
Directed by:
Mike MillsCinematography:
Joaquin Baca-AsayComposer:
Tim DeLaughterCast:
Lou Taylor Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio, Kelli Garner, Keanu Reeves, Vince Vaughn, Benjamin Bratt, Robert Blanche, Barry Seltzer, Phaedra (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Meet Justin Cobb (Lou Pucci), a teenager who still sucks his thumb. Realizing it's totally disrupting his home, love and school love life, he allows his orthodontist (Keanu Reeves) 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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2006 - Anthony Bregman, Bob Stephenson, Mike Mills (Best First Feature)
Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival)
- 2005 - Lou Taylor Pucci (Silver Bear for Best Actor)
- 2005 - Mike Mills (Golden Bear for Best Film)
Sundance Film Festival
- 2005 - Lou Taylor Pucci (U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting)
- 2005 - Mike Mills (U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic)