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Title:Wackness


Date: 2008
Type: Drama
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Jonathan Levine
Producer:


Comment
The summer before he goes to university, Josh Peck goes around New York selling drugs from an ice-cream cart. One of his clients is therapist Ben Kingsley with whomn he trades therapy for drugs. Josh Peck falls in love with Ben Kingsley's step daughter Olivia Thirlby. Meanwhile Ben Kingsley's marriage to Famke Jannsen is falling apart and Josh Peck's family get evicted from their house. This is basically a double header between Ben Kingsley and Josh Peck that is essentially a charcter study mixed with a coming of age drama rather than a plot led film. There are good performances from Ben Kingsley and Josh Peck, well supported by Olivia Thirlby.

Actors

Ben KingsleyBen Kingsley
Josh Peck
Famke JanssenFamke Janssen
Olivia ThirlbyOlivia Thirlby
Jane AdamsJane Adams
Mary - Kate OlsenMary-Kate Olsen

Oscars

None
Writer

Jonathan Levine
Wackness