The Wackness
- Release Date
- July 3, 2008
- Director
- Jonathan Levine
- Cast
- Ben Kingsley , Josh Peck , Famke Janssen , Olivia Thirlby , Mary-Kate Olsen , Jane Adams
- Runtime
- 110
- Main Genre
- Comedy
- Writers
- Jonathan Levine
- Tagline
- Sometimes it's right to do the wrong things.
Summary
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.
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