Everyone's adolescence has been more or less confused, restless, angry and confused. Justin (Lou Taylor Pucci), the protagonist of the film "The Thumb Sucker", has a childish habit of sucking his thumb. Justin has been trying to overcome this difficult habit, in fact, this habit is just a microcosm of the confusion of adolescence, other confusions include sex and family.
Hidden beneath the willingness to change this habit is Justin's unconscious desire to grow. Every adult can find the shadow of the past in this movie. The seriousness, sincerity, and humor in this story are the irresistible charm of that youthful time.
We never know what the future has in store for us, every day is different and unfamiliar.
When we were young, we were carefree and didn’t need to think about so many disturbing issues, but one day, you will suddenly find that you no longer cry and ask your parents to help you, and you don’t take tangled things so easily. Tell the people around you, there are not so many people who can understand you anymore. On that day, you will suddenly find that you have already stood on the tail of youth, and you are already a little adult.
However, you are not ready, despite your tall stature and mature face, you are still a child at heart. "Growing older" and "growing up are really two completely different things". You start to feel confused, panic, want to escape these sudden changes, and you don't have the courage to face those tough problems. But life is always so cruel to force a person to grow up quickly.
The first time you had a conflict with your roommate because of the incompatibility of work and rest, you realized that you are no longer the little princess who is dependent on you; the first time your friends are too busy with their own affairs to take care of When you were with you, you understood that everyone has their own life; the first time you went to the hospital alone after getting sick at school and didn’t dare to let your parents know about it, you understood that growing up also means loneliness, Or rather, independent.
You start to learn to live alone - go to the bustling cafeteria to eat alone, and no longer feel ashamed to have no friends; read professional books seriously, and no longer ask others when you encounter problems, now you will Think for yourself first; take care of yourself, and learn to care for your parents and others. But the real growth is much longer and more grueling than the words describe.
All we can do is "live without state answers". When faced with so many unfamiliar things, don't suck your thumb in panic, trust the guardian animal in your heart, it will give you enough courage and intelligence to solve them. No matter how painful and helpless the process is, you will definitely gain something in the final outcome, because life is like this, you will always get something at the end, what you like, what you don’t like, those are the ones on the way of growth. Bright pearls, stick to it, and you will have a whole gorgeous necklace.
Just like Justin in the movie galloping down New York Avenue, you too will gallop in the wheat field of your own dreams.
The film "Thumbsucker" has a warm growth story. The actor won the Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival with this film. The film has a slow rhythm, fresh and comfortable pictures, stable and comfortable, joys and sorrows, and impermanence.
Family, school, love, ideal. A little bit of dissatisfaction, everyone fantasizes about "change". Reborn, times come and go, dead wood blooms. Daydreams can't escape the ending of "Leaving and Returning" after all.
The film uses both peaceful and exaggerated methods to record growth. After all, most growths are not so thrilling!
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