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The Wackness
2008
"The Wackness", set in 1994, centers on a troubled teenage drug dealer and a drug-addled psychiatrist -- after the former trades pot for therapy sessions, then falls for the doctor's daughter. Read more
| Starring | Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen, Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby |
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| Director | Jonathan Levine |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
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The Wackness
"The Wackness", set in 1994, centers on a troubled teenage drug dealer and a drug-addled psychiatrist -- after the former trades pot for therapy sessions, then falls for the doctor's daughter.
| Starring | Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen, Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby, Mary-Kate Olsen |
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| Director | Jonathan Levine |
| Studio | REVOLVER ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 50 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 36 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 35 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 2008 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 13 May 2009 To Rent: DVD: 09 Feb 2009 Blu-ray: not available |
| Watch now | Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant. Subscribe. |
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With its graffiti-sprayed credits, circa 1994 hip hop on the soundtrack and drug-dealing protagonist, this... read more on Time Out
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- Trevor Johnston
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- 04 Nov 2008 at 00:21
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An evocative tale of adolescence
Beneath the surface of good looks (among them the beguiling Olivia Thirlby and still-fabulous Famke Janssen) and comedic appeal, this movie reveals a ... read more »
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- 19 Nov 2008 at 14:25
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5 Stars No doubts.
Great movie. Kingsley - fantastic. Rest of the cast too. Some great lines here. How did I miss this when it came out?
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Excellent film!
Cool film. Takes you back to that first love and heart ache.
Witty and sad altogether.
Ben Kingsley and Josh Peck are great demonstrating... read more » - 1052823
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Glad I stumbled across this.
Fantastic film. Poignant story of a young drug dealer's awkward adolescence colliding with his therapist's mid-life crisis. Some great comic moments ... read more »
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The Wackness: Jonathan Levine and Olivia Thirlby Interview
- 26 Aug 2008
We hustled whiz-kid director Jonathan Levine and gorgeous leading lady Olivia Thirlby into giving us the inside track on new coming-of-age comedy The Wackness. They let us into Sir Ben Kingsley’s sage-like mind, revealed the perfect mix tape, and exposed Olivia’s man-eating tendencies… LOVEFiLM: Jonathan, how much of the story in The Wackness is autobiographical? Jonathan Levine: None of that drug business ever happened, and I never had a Ben Kingsley character in my life. It& Read more
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The Wackness - Blu-ray
Set in New York during the summer of 1994, THE WACKNESS tells the story of Luke (Josh Peck), a pot-peddling teen with a self confidence problem and a list of clients that include his therapist, Dr Squires (Ben Kingsley), who in turn, is struggling with something of a mid-life crisis and a younger ...
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The Wackness
"The Wackness", set in 1994, centers on a troubled teenage drug dealer and a drug-addled psychiatrist -- after the former trades pot for therapy sessions, then falls for the doctor's daughter....
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