The Wackness - Olivia Thirlby "I've broke a few hearts..."

Olivia resides in New York City where she was born and raised. She has trained extensively in classical Shakespearian acting in New York at the American Globe Theatre, and in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She began acting professionally in 2003, and plans to pursue a career in both theater and film.

It's the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip hop and wafting with the sweet aroma of marijuana. The newly-inaugurated mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, is only beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against "crimes" like noisy portable radio, graffiti and public drunkenness.




Two people, however, are missing out on the excitement. Luke (Josh Peck) is a socially uncomfortable teenage pot dealer with no friends, issues with his parents, and a whopping lack of confidence with girls. He trades weed for sessions with his therapist, Dr. Squires (Sir Ben Kingsley), whose much-younger wife (Famke Janssen) is slipping away from him. Squires, a drug-addled shrink with a hairline retreating to the back of his neck and a state of mind slouching back to adolescence, is an unlikely role model—but the two of them forge a friendship based on a mutual need: neither one is getting laid.




Propelled by an exuberant hip hop score, "The Wackness" captures the spell of 1994--a time of pagers, not cell phones; a time when Tupac and Biggie were alive but Kurt Cobain had just died. Funny and moving, "The Wackness" is an offbeat tale of two lost souls stumbling towards maturity.

A BlackTree Media Production

Produced by Jamaal Finkley

Personality Kitty Troy

http://www.blacktree.tv

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[cra008]

Anyone know the name of the opening track?

[blacktreemedia]

@cra008 "half price"

[lk0micho]

this movie is so damn underrated

[SolidSnake240]

"The Wackness" is a great movie, glad i watched it. Really nostalgic.

[synthrock1]

She reminds me of this girl i tried 2 buy weed from

[alexsummers1]

Olivia is so damn fine.

[moneyquickeasy]

Dumb interviewer.

[Theshark15z]

She is coming out in the movie DREDD next year.

[JTItalia5]

@OriginalOrigins yes.

[ATeenCalledLame]

This woman was rude when she interveiwed Method Man

[cra008]

@blacktreemedia Coolest.

[BodaciousWickerman]

This film clearly is the dopeness no doubt. Sick soundtrack too.