The Wackness Page #4

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
661 Views


Yeah, your stepdad

paged me.

Dude smokes more weed

than I do, it's pathetic.

- You like him?

- Squires?

Not really.

But you should hear about

some of the crazy people

that come into

that guy's office.

- He tells you about that sh*t?

- Yeah.

But, I mean he's not, like

supposed to tell you, right?

There's confidentiality

and what not?

Whatever. I don't know.

He tells me anyway.

Like there's this one guy he sees,

I'm not kidding, a chronic masturbator.

- Uh...

- Yeah.

- That's crazy.

- The guy jerks off seven times a day.

Literally.

And when his nuts are dry,

he just lies in bed

with his hands down his pants,

like, touching himself

and sh*t.

- Jesus Christ, no.

- Oh, it's all right. It's all good.

- Sorry.

- Don't trip.

- Is this yours?

- Uh...

Yeah.

- This is my summer job.

- You sell ices?

No, that's my cover.

For my parents.

Check me out.

Sh*t! That's a lot

of green, man.

- That's how I roll.

- So, you just... How does it work?

Well, I mean...

Can I show you?

Sure. Let me drop

the dog off.

- All right.

- All right. Hang on.

# "Summertime"

by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince #

I'm not going to get

arrested, am I?

Just act calm

and follow my lead,

and everything

will be fine.

Relax.

Here.

# Summertime #

# Here it is, the groove

Slightly transformed #

# Just a bit of a break

from the norm #

- Luke.

- Yo. That's her.

Hi, Luke.

This is Albert.

We just ate

mushrooms.

- So, how much do you all need again?

- We met at a Phish show.

And we saw each other

and it was like that episode of 90210,

when Brandon and Emily Valentine

take ecstasy.

- Euphoria.

- What?

It's called euphoria.

Euphoria.

Euphoria.

Euphoria.

- Did you do something with your hair?

- No.

You look cuter. You look like

Jason Priestley like that.

Yo. There's like

mad cops around, I think.

So, can we do this?

# Time to sit back and unwind #

# School is out

and it's a sort of a buzz #

# But back then

I didn't really know what it was #

Who? Who's the girl?

Is she a cop?

No, this is my friend

Stephanie.

- Stephanie, this is Elanor.

- Hi. Nice to meet you.

Hi.

Come on in.

She's hot.

I'm sorry about the cop stuff.

I just...

You know, with Giuliani and the stories

you hear, you can't be too careful.

So I had to do this

today, though,

because I have this guy

coming into town tomorrow

and we don't have anything

to talk about unless we're stoned.

But if we're stoned,

in bed he's like...

He's a really nice guy.

Luke, can I ask you something?

Just for a sec.

Why are men

so complicated?

Is it because

I'm intimidating?

Am I intimidating because

I play an instrument?

No.

- You play an instrument?

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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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