The Wackness (DVD)

The Wackness has a truly hilarious script and is an excellent coming of age movie from director Jonathon Levine. Josh Peck and Ben Kingsley star in the film, Peck is a young man called Luke Shapiro while Kinglsey is the psychiatrist Dr Jeffrey Squires who Luke goes to see however patment is in the form of marajuana rtaher than hard cash and the two make an unconventional pair. Recently graduated from high school Luke and the psychiatrists daughter Stephanie played by Olivia Trilby are the only ones not heading off to university. In attempt to give his parents money so that they do not lose their home Luke starts to deal marajuana in greater quantities while at ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears on The Student Room in part Coming of age tales are a dime a dozen, but few are as mature and as smart as this, which tells coming of age not only through the eyes of a maturing youngster, but also through a young-at-heart old man, making this one of the more unique entries into the genre for a while. Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) sees a Psychiatrist, Dr. Jeffery Squires (Ben Kingsley), but instead of paying him with money, he pays with Weed. During the Summer, after graduating from high school, he discovers that, except for himself and Jeffrey's daughter Stephanie (Olivia Thirlby), everyone is going away to University. What's more, ...  Read the complete review

The Wackness is a coming of age film set in the hot summer of 1994 in New York. It's a coming of age type film about a teenage drug dealer, Luke, and his life. Despite being the guy with the weed and providing the fuel for many a party, he isn't in the popular crowd and feels somewhat isolated from the rest of peers. Seeking help, he regularly visit's a therapist, played by a fantastic Ben Kingsley, who really does have a terrific range of characters under his belt. Unlike most therapists, Kingsley charges bags of dope rather than cash to young Luke and is fittingly undergoing his own feelings of isolation, struggling to come to terms with his monotonous life and ...  Read the complete review