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The Wackness is a 2008 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Jonathan Levine. The film is a semi-autobiographical account of Levine's life growing up in New York City in the 1990s. It stars Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Famke Janssen, Olivia Thirlby, Mary-Kate Olsen, and Method Man.
Set against this backdrop, a lonely teenager named Luke Shapiro spends his last summer before university selling marijuana throughout New York City, trading it with his unorthodox psychotherapist for treatment, while having a crush on his stepdaughter.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Jonathan Levine
- 2008-08-01
Jul 3, 2008 · “The Wackness” is rated R (Under 17 requires parent or adult guardian). Back in the ’90s New York teenagers swore, had sex and smoked pot. Thank goodness that’s all over.
- Jonathan Levine
Jul 10, 2008 · Dazed and confused. Comedy. 99 minutes ‧ R ‧ 2008. Roger Ebert. July 10, 2008. 3 min read. Sir Ben with bong. “The Wackness,” which is set in 1994, contains so many drugs, it could have been made in the 1970s, along with “Panic in Needle Park” and other landmarks of the psychotropic generation. The big difference is that drugs have ...
Set against this backdrop, a lonely teenager named Luke Shapiro spends his last summer before university selling marijuana throughout New York City, trading it with his unorthodox psychotherapist for treatment, while having a crush on his stepdaughter.
Aug 29, 2008 · Written and directed by Jonathan Levine, whose film school graduation short dealt with a drug-addicted hip-hop DJ, The Wackness is set is New York in the summer of 1994, the year Levine graduated...
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Jul 3, 2008 · Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, who just happens to be the doctor's daughter.
