I realize that I'm a little late to the game with this (it came out last summer), but The Wackness really blew me away and I feel like writing about it. It stars Josh Peck (yes, the once chubby kid from Nickelodeon's Drake and Josh) as a loner/pot dealer with a bleak outlook on life. Ben Kingsley plays the shrink who listens to his problems in exchange for the green stuff. The movie evolves into this wonderful coming of age story and makes some nice observations about love and happiness. It also features some great writing and a top-shelf soundtrack, full of early 90s hip-hop gems by the likes of Nas and B.I.G., among others. If you aren't completely grown up and have a pulse, you'll probably enjoy The Wackness.
8.31.2009
Not Wack: The Wackness
I realize that I'm a little late to the game with this (it came out last summer), but The Wackness really blew me away and I feel like writing about it. It stars Josh Peck (yes, the once chubby kid from Nickelodeon's Drake and Josh) as a loner/pot dealer with a bleak outlook on life. Ben Kingsley plays the shrink who listens to his problems in exchange for the green stuff. The movie evolves into this wonderful coming of age story and makes some nice observations about love and happiness. It also features some great writing and a top-shelf soundtrack, full of early 90s hip-hop gems by the likes of Nas and B.I.G., among others. If you aren't completely grown up and have a pulse, you'll probably enjoy The Wackness.
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