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Film: Thumbsucker

Perry: There's only so much I can do with traditional orthodontics. Justin, are you ready to let go of your thumb?
Justin: Why are you talking like that?

Thumbsucker is a 2005 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Mills and adapted from the Walter Kirn novel of the same name. The movie focuses on teenager Justin Cobb as he copes with his thumb-sucking problem, and on his experiments with hypnosis, sex, and drugs.

This movie provides examples of:

Animal Motif: Justin�s �power animal� is a deer. Implied that Perry�s is a wolf.
Annoying Younger Sibling: Joel
Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Justin gets diagnosed with ADHD and put on medication, and we get a little montage of the way it affects him, such as high-detail zoom-ins on the words and pictures when he reads Moby Dick.
Coming of Age Story
Deadpan Snarker: Justin, at times.
Eating Lunch Alone: Or: Sucking Your Thumb Alone In The Bathroom During Lunch
The Film of the Book
Jukebox Musical: In the sense that all the music in the film is done by Tim DeLaughter and The Polyphonic Spree.
Imagine Spot
In With The In Crowd: With the debate team, after Justin starts taking medication.
It Was With You All Along: There are no physical or emotional effects from sucking your thumb, Perry says.
One Word Title
The Quiet One/Loners Are Freaks: Justin
Stoners: Rebecca's group after she leaves the debate team.
Throw It In: Justin's reaction to Rebecca "breaking up" with him was ad-libbed by Lou Pucci.
Trailers Always Spoil: The DVD blurb pretty much tells you the entire film.
Wild Teen Party: Briefly, in the hotel room at the debate regionals.