The Wackness

The Wackness
The Wackness
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jonathan Levine
Written by	Jonathan Levine
Produced by	Keith Calder; Felipe Marino; Joe Neurauter;
Starring	Ben Kingsley; Josh Peck; Famke Janssen; Olivia Thirlby; Mary-Kate Olsen; Method Man;
Cinematography	Petra Korner
Edited by	Josh Noyes
Music by	David Torn
Production; companies	Occupant Films; SBK Pictures;
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release dates	January 18, 2008 (Sundance); August 1, 2008 (United States);
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$6 million
Box office	$3.3 million

The Wackness is a 2008 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Jonathan Levine. The film is a semi-autobiographical account of Levine's life growing up in New York City in the 1990s. It stars Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Famke Janssen, Olivia Thirlby, Mary-Kate Olsen, and Method Man. It revolves around a troubled teenage drug dealer who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist.

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2008, where it won the Audience Award: Dramatic. It was theatrically released in the United States on August 1, 2008, by Sony Pictures Classics. It received positive reviews from critics, but was a box-office bomb, grossing $3.3 million worldwide against a $6 million budget. Levine was nominated for Best First Screenplay at the 24th Independent Spirit Awards.

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