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The Wackness (2008)
description written by member Zara:
It's the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop and wafting with the sweet aroma of marijuana--but change is in the air. The newly- inaugurated mayor, Rudy Giuliani, is beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against "crimes" like noisy portable radios, graffiti and public drunkenness. Set against this backdrop, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) spends his last summer before college selling dope throughout New York City, trading it with his shrink (Ben Kingsley) for therapy, while crushing on his step-daughter (Olivia Thirlby). Famke Janssen, Mary Kate Olsen,and Method Man round out the cast in this edgy, bittersweet, and funny coming of age story.
| Release Date: | July 3rd, 2008 |
| MPAA Rating: | R |
| Running Time: | 110 minutes |
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| The Wackness Movie Review by Jarrod (7/8/2008) |
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'The Wackness' is able to generate nostalgic fondness for the year 1994, and this is especially true for someone like me, to whom the 90s decade marked his journey through adolescence, I finished junior high and started high school, developed an addiction to video games (thanks the SNES, N64, and Playstation), and spent my...
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