THE WACKNESS

Movie Review #6: THE WACKNESS
(DVD release date: 01/06/09)

Directed by Jonathan Levine, Rated R, 1 hr. 39 min.
Genre: Drama/Comedy (Dramedy)
Reviewer Rating: A-

This is a movie that is going to have a definite niche, and the name of that niche is those people who are now between the ages of twenty and forty.

This is a period piece.

Set in 1994.

I don't know how else to explain this movie, except that it's a period piece like Rent (2005) is a period piece (and also a musical).

Anyway, the world is wack and some things are dope. And if you weren't around to experience that in the last years of the millennium you may not like this movie. Except for the fact that Ben Kingsley stars in the film alongside Josh Peck (he looks like Harvey Keitel from the cover), and he has some great comedic moments (which is awesome, as Kingsley doesn't do too many comedic roles).

The main plot of the film is that Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) pays his psychiatrist, Dr. Squires (Ben Kingsley), with marijuana. Most of the film takes place over the course of the summer and contains their conversations on life. Again, I adore this film, but some won't, and it is not recommended for anybody under the age of eighteen.