The Wackness Page #2

Synopsis: Friendship, love, and coming of age in New York City, summer of 1994. Luke Shapiro has just graduated from high school, sells marijuana, and trades pot for therapy from a psychologist, Dr. Jeffrey Squires. Luke is attracted to a classmate, Stephanie, who's out of his league and Squires' step-daughter. By July, he's hanging out with Stephanie, taking her on his rounds selling pot out of an ice-cream pushcart. Then things take a turn. In the background, Squires and his wife as well as Luke's parents are having their troubles.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Jonathan Levine
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  4 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
70%
R
Year:
2008
99 min
$2,100,000
Website
651 Views


of the temperature

and the humidity, those two combined.

So it'll be about 100 degrees today,

but it'll feel like 105 to 110,

and that's in the shade.

If you're in the sun

that'll add about 10 to 5 degrees,

5 to 10 degrees,

more hotter that it will feel.

No... I'll tell you

that much 'cause I...

He doesn't understand

the finer points about it...

What he doesn't understand

is what I don't understand,

which is I don't understand

what you're telling me half the time.

Your father lost

all of our money

and now we have to move to, well,

I don't know, somewhere poor.

- Oh, somewhere poor?

- We're moving?

No, no, Luke, I'm telling you,

I promise you we are not getting evicted.

- We're getting evicted?

- No, no. There's plenty of time. I'll fix it.

Oh, yeah, plenty!

What's wrong

with your face?

What's wrong

with his face?

Did you f***ing

scratch him?

- He hit me!

- I did not hit you, you goddamn liar!

She's a goddamn liar.

You never hit a woman, Luke.

The two of you are acting like

you're f***ing 12 years old.

- Stop cursing.

- F*** off!

- You see where he gets that mouth?

- Great. "That mouth."

- Thank you very much. Right.

- "That mouth" from your mother.

Republican political consultants

differ on the extent

to which Mayor Giuliani's support

of the President's crime bill

could hurt him

in the future.

I can't take that

from you.

- Where are you going?

- Somebody's gotta work around here.

# "The What"

by The Notorious B.I.G. & Method Man #

Jesus, fellows.

A little dramatic, don't you think?

Are you that Luke?

Ah!

# I used to get feels

on a b*tch #

# Now I throw shields

on the dick #

# To stop me

from that HIV sh*t #

Who is this?

Dis are the new sh*t.

Biggie.

# Biggie Smalls is the illest #

- This sh*t is dope.

- Dis cat gonna change your world.

# The thrill is gone The black

Frank White is here to excite #

# And throw dick to dykes #

# B*tches

I like 'em brainless #

# Guns

I like 'em stainless steel #

Everything cool, boy?

- I could use a little more this week, Pers.

- How much more you want?

- Like another five Zs.

- Oh, boy! You got big aspirations, Luke.

No, just a lot of debt.

Okay, soldier.

Be careful out there.

Dis blood clot Giuliani got dem bumba

clot police lookin at everybody and everything.

- Even white boy like you.

- I'm always careful, you know that.

I know.

Dat is why me like you.

- Luke!

- Yo!

It's called

Ready to Die.

# It's real

Ninety-four Rugged raw #

# Kickin' down

your goddamn door... #

I know, but tell me one thing,

we don't have any money?

# And everything you get

You gotta work hard for it #

# Honies, shake your hips

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Jonathan Levine

Jonathan A. Levine (born June 18, 1976) is an American film director and screenwriter. He is well known for directing 50/50 in 2011. more…

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