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2008
R
Sony Pictures Classics
1 h 39 m

2008
R
Sony Pictures Classics
1 h 39 m

Summary The Wackness centers on a troubled high school student named Luke Shapiro--a teenage pot dealer who forms a friendship with Dr. Jeffrey Squires, a psychiatrist and kindred lost soul. When the doctor proposes that Luke trade him weed for therapy sessions, the two begin to explore both New York City and their own depression. (Sony Picture ...

Directed By: Jonathan Levine

Written By: Jonathan Levine

2008
R
Sony Pictures Classics
1 h 39 m

2008
R
Sony Pictures Classics
1 h 39 m

The Wackness

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 30 Critic Reviews

61

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 22 User Ratings

6.9

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Summary The Wackness centers on a troubled high school student named Luke Shapiro--a teenage pot dealer who forms a friendship with Dr. Jeffrey Squires, a psychiatrist and kindred lost soul. When the doctor proposes that Luke trade him weed for therapy sessions, the two begin to explore both New York City and their own depression. (Sony Picture ...

Directed By: Jonathan Levine

Written By: Jonathan Levine

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 30 Critic Reviews

60% Positive
18 Reviews

40% Mixed
12 Reviews

0% Negative
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Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 30 Critic Reviews

60% Positive
18 Reviews

40% Mixed
12 Reviews

0% Negative
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A funny, touching mood piece.

By Michael Sragow FULL REVIEW

Nostalgic for those bad old days, The Wackness was shot at a time when it actually looked like "America's Mayor" was going to be in a position to perform a similar cleanup on the entire country. That, of course, turned out to be a pipe dream.

By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW

Nothing is surprising, that is, except the fact that the film has a big heart, a core of sweetness and tremendous cinematic ambition.

By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW

Disappointingly, the movie runs along the track of many earlier coming-of-age dramas, with appointed station stops at Cynicism, Puppy Love, Puppy Sex, Puppy Heartbreak, and Greater Wisdom.

By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW

All the drug-slinging material's counterfeit, but the script is refreshingly straight-faced in looking at the strange relationship between white boys and rap.

By Nick Pinkerton FULL REVIEW

The Wackness' main draw is Kingsley's giddily over-the-top performance as a pothead, and the film delights in showing Gandhi sparking a huge bong or making out with Mary-Kate Olsen in a phone booth.

By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW

Austin Chronicle

A crowd-pleasing portrait of boys-who-will-be-men-who-will-be-boys.

By Kimberley Jones FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 22 User Ratings

55% Positive
12 Ratings

45% Mixed
10 Ratings

0% Negative
0 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 22 User Ratings

55% Positive
12 Ratings

45% Mixed
10 Ratings

0% Negative
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Details

Production Company Occupant Entertainment, SBK Pictures

Release Date Jul 3, 2008

Duration 1 h 39 m

Rating R

Genres

Tagline Sometimes it's right to do the wrong things.

Website http://www.facebook.com/thewackness

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Awards

Sundance Film Festival

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Melbourne International Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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