The Wackness (2008)
Directed by Jonathan Levine
Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, who just happens to be the doctor's daughter. This is a coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, music and what it takes to be a man.
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Talia Balsam (2006's "All the King's Men," AMC's "Mad Men") is a good match as his Mrs.
Only when Luke tries to fill the prescription with the doc's stepdaughter Stephanie ( Olivia Thirlby from " Juno ") do ethics come into question.
And Thirlby, so good in Juno and David Gordon Green�s upcoming Snow Angels, gets the unfortunate task of delivering maybe the most groan-worthy line of titular explanation in the history of film when telling Luke that she looks at �the dopeness� of life while he sees nothing but �the wackness.�…
Small lovely moments abound in The Wackness -- all of them featuring Thirlby, currently best-known as Ellen Page's friend in Juno .
When Luke falls for Squires’s step-daughter Stephanie (Olivia Thirlby, “Juno”), he finds the rewarding sexual relationship he’s been desperate for, but there’s a price to be paid for such lust, leaving Luke and Dr. Squires at a loss over how to process such devastating heartache.
Olivia Thirlby from “Juno” fame as Stephanie in “The Wackness”.
Clumsy Luke has fallen for the doctor's foxy, popular daughter (the watchable Olivia Thirlby, the best friend from "Juno").
The Wackness reminds me a lot of Brick, which, a few years ago was one of those heavily touted festival darlings.
For audiences who would rather rake out their eyes than watch a Harold and Kumar stoner flick, The Wackness offers more than fuzzy giggles and bongwater-weak characters, setting up its stall beside indie successes Juno, Rushmore and Brick.