DVD Review

The Wackness (2009)

Reviewed by | Dec 31, 2008
The Wackness | Out of Wack Ben Kingsley and Mary-Kate Olsen share a moment in The Wackness
Image credit: JoJo Whilden
Out of Wack Ben Kingsley and Mary-Kate Olsen share a moment in The Wackness
EW's GRADE
B-

Details Release Date: Jan 06, 2009; DVD Release Date: Jan 06, 2009; Movie Rated: R; With: Ben Kingsley and Josh Peck

The Wackness, writer-director Jonathan Levine's hip-hop-heavy coming-of-age film, is an evocative love letter to early-'90s NYC. But given that the hero (Josh Peck) works as a drug dealer, it's oddly incident-light. On an amiable commentary EXTRA, Peck recalls that Levine's brother had to give costar Ben Kingsley a ''bong-smoking lesson.'' B-

Originally posted Dec 18, 2008 Published in issue #1029 Jan 09, 2009 Order article reprints
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