August 23, 2009
Call me crazy, like all the characters in this movie, but I really liked this film. : )
The Wackness
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The Wackness
Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen, Josh Peck, Mary-Kate Olsen, Method Man
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 be...( read more
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July 22, 2009New York City, Summer of 1994. Meet Luke Shapiro, a new High School graduate, the most unpopular of the popular kids, drug dealer. Through out the Summer, Luke learns about relationships. He learns about love, responsibility, friendship, and about what's truly important.
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June 27, 2009Pretty good movie, interesting premise and well-acted execution. At times very real.
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June 12, 2009The Wackness is more concerned with "being" 1994 than it is having a decent story or being something new. Peck has already proved himself as one of the great actors of his generation, thanks to his brilliant role in Mean Creak. Here, his character is dull, but Peck injects enough...( read more)
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April 27, 2009THE WACKNESS is a film so determined to be quirky, hip, and fresh that it comes off as being dull and generic... but with a gimmick (first film to depict 90s culture in all it's glory)! Seriously though, I found the characters completely unlikeable (though Kingsley was enjoyable ...( read more)
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December 6, 2009Very good coming of age story. Comparable to other recent films "Adventureland" and "Lymelife."
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November 26, 2009Formulaic plot, sure, but for so much of this movie I felt like I was invading these people's lives, seeing small moments of grief/ passion/ anger/ etc. that in normal lives you would not see. That is the film's greatest achievement, that even though it is a familiar story, the a...( read more)
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November 23, 2009This movie was enjoyable to watch. Funny and interesting, its not just a stoner flick as some may say. Check it out.
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November 17, 2009Near classic -- and I may be underestimating it by writing "near". The screenplay is intelligent and realistic and funny. The two stars both give superb performances. Unlike most drug-related movies it is neither a piece of foolish anti-drug propaganda nor of stoner silliness. St...( read more)
