Dr Perry Lyman

A quitely funny and sutble performance by Keanu Reeves, who plays an orthodonist in the indy coming of age drama ‘Thumbsucker’. Directed by newcome Mike Mills the story revolves around a teenager who has an addiction to sucking his thumb. Perry hypnotises him to break his habit. It works, but then the young man ‘Justin Cobb’ [played magnificently by actor Lou Taylor Pucci develops ADHD and takes sweet revenge of Perry for his trouble. It all ends happily.

Favourite line from the movie:

That’s ‘cause we all wanna be problemless. To fix ourselves. We look for some magic solution to make us all better, but none of us really know what we’re doing. And why is that so bad? That’s all we humans can do. Guess. Try. Hope. But, Justin, just pray you don’t fool yourself into thinking you’ve got the answer. Because that’s bullshit. The trick is living without an answer. I think.