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The Wackness
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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 spends his last summer before college selling dope throughout New York City, trading it with his shrink for therapy, while crushing on his step-daughter.
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The Wackness
By GARY THOMPSON, thompsg@phillynews.com
Posted 07/10/2008
It was with some astonishment and displacement that I watched "The Wackness," featuring "D&R" fixture Josh Peck as Luke, a high-school kid who makes mad money peddling marijuana from an ice cream cart. » Read more
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The Wackness
By Steven Rea, Inquirer Movie Critic
Posted 07/10/2008
It's the summer of Forrest Gump and O.J.'s Bronco ride, of Biggie Smalls and big shiny bling. And in Jonathan Levine's The Wackness, 1994 in New York City is also the summer when forlorn Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck), just graduated from high school and heading for his safety school in the fall, pushes an ice cream cart stocked with weed around town, dealing dope and tumbling into love with his psychiatrist's stepdaughter. » Read more
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MPAA rating:
R
for pervasive drug use, language and some sexuality
Cast:
Aaron Yoo; Charlene Biton; Famke Janssen; Josh Peck; Method Man; Olivia Thirlby; Ben Kingsley; Mary-Kate Olsen; Sean Dillon; Nicole Berger
Directed by:
Jonathan Levine
On the web:
 
The Wackness Official Site
Genre:
Comedy; Drama
Running time:
01:35
Release date:
2008
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