The Wackness 2008 Watch Free in HD

Friendship, love, and coming of age in New York City, summer of 1994. Luke Shapiro has just graduated from high school, sells marijuana, and trades pot for therapy from a psychologist, Dr. Jeffrey Squires. Luke is attracted to a classmate, Stephanie, who is out of his league and step-daughter of Squires . By July, he is hanging out with Stephanie, taking her on his rounds selling pot out of an ice-cream pushcart. Then things take a turn. In the background, Squires and his wife as well as Lukes parents are having their troubles.

Genre:

Drama, Comedy, Romance

Actors:

Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Famke Janssen, Olivia Thirlby, Mary-Kate Olsen, Jane Adams, Method Man, Aaron Yoo, Talia Balsam, David Wohl, Bob Dishy, ...»

Director:

Jonathan Levine

Country:

United States

Release:

2008

IMDb:

6.9

Quality:

Duration:

99 min

Miami Herald

The Wackness marks a step up in ambition, but it is also self-indulgent and needlessly complicated for what it ultimately delivers: a somber John Hughes picture scored to A Tribe Called Quest and Mary J. Blige.

July 25, 2008

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Apollo Guide

Dumb title? Certainly. Perfectly proportioned? Nope. True-to-life? Certainly not. An enjoyably quirky indie comedy? You bet.

January 19, 2009

East Bay Express

An exercise in style and wit, two commodities that never go out of fashion.

August 15, 2011

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Orlando Sentinel

That first sight of Ben Kingsley sucking down a bowl will burn into your memory. You may be watching The Wackness but it's hard to forget that this is Gandhi putting Bic to bong in Jonathan Levine's silly, sappy and sympathetic coming-of-age memoir.

August 01, 2008

GreenCine

With a game cast and cool songs from the era... heartfelt moments battling clumsy ones, The Wackness isn't quite dope but, like a good mixtape it is full of highlights.

July 30, 2009

Chicago Reader

The characters are sympathetically drawn and the modest wisdom rings true.

July 24, 2008

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CinePassion

It's an utterly routine picture, but its low-key mood and acting disarm

August 26, 2009

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Houston Chronicle

On the downside: There is a wackness to The Wackness, a saggy psychic undertow that drags down its lighter and smarter aspects.

July 25, 2008

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Detroit News

The Wackness, for all its eccentricities and emotional pain, is really a sweet little film.

July 25, 2008

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Film-Forward.com

Parallel yet intertwined older and younger generations, and a real girl, set this above the usual young dudes genre, changing from comic to romantic to poignant and back.

December 03, 2008

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rec.arts.movies.reviews

Josh Peck and Ben Kingsley make for an oddly engaging couple in Jonathan Levine's audacious comedy about sex, drugs, and unexpected friendships.

May 31, 2011

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Time Out

Kingsley's shamelessly zingy performance adds welcome pep, and a delicate, achingly sincere summertime idyll on Fire Island offers notice of Levine's evident promise.

August 29, 2008

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