It's the summer of 1994 in Josh Levine's The Wackness, a surprisingly tender coming of age film about a teenage drug dealer in Mayor Giuliani's New York. Josh Peck stars as our hapless hero, Ben Kingsley portrays his dope smoking therapist, Mary-Kate Olsen spins through Central Park as a trust fund hippie -- but it's rising star Olivia Thirlby who steals the film as Luke Shapiro's distant object of desire.
The Wackness is in theaters now. Marcy reviews.
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Here’s a new Chicago interview with “The Wackness” director Jonathan Levin and star Josh Peck:
http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/news/3077/interview-nickelodeon-star-josh-peck-grows-up-director-jonathan-levine-speaks-out-on-the-wackness