Ah, the mid-nineties. It was a time before that whole Internet thing blew up, a time when nothing was sexier on a guy than some flannel and a bowl cut, and nothing could say "I love you but I'm socially inept" like a mix tape. For director Jonathan Levine, it was the perfect backdrop for his coming-of-age film, The Wackness.
It's the summer of 1994 in New York City, where fresh-out-of-high school Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) is looking forward to a fulfilling career dealing drugs. He doesn't have many true friends and he's always at odds with his parents, so he vents at weekly therapy sessions with the eccentric Dr. Squires (Sir Ben Kingsley). The doctor's currency of choice happens to be pot, so as long as Luke maintains his connections (namely a Rastafarian-ized Method Man), he can get all the treatment he wants. The unlikely duo decides that what they ultimately need in life is to get laid. What Dr. Squires doesn't realize is that Luke is trying to bed his stepdaughter, Stephanie (Olivia Thirlby). Even though she's way out of his league, Stephanie finds his awkwardness endearing. They bond over illegal substances and hip-hop, but soon come to realize that love is never simple.
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something crazy like that. if its sucessful it'll be released a
little more widely in the states.