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In the summer of 1994, troubled teenage drug dealer Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) travels the streets of New York selling pot from an flavored ice cart. When he's not out sweating on the sidewalks, Luke meets up with Dr. Jeffrey Squires (Ben Kingsley), an unorthodox psychiatrist and the step-fa...

The Wackness is a film by Jonathan Levine starring Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Famke Janssen Olivia Thirlby. The film is distributed by Sony Pictures Classics was released in the U.S. on July 3, 2008.Plot It's the summer of 1994, the streets of New York are pulsing with hip hop. Luke (Josh Peck) is a...

3 min - 2008-08-07 Mtv inteview, Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby, and Aaron Yoo on their new movie "The Wackness"Set in 1994, "The Wackness" centers on troubled teenage drug dealer Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) and a drug-addled psychiatrist Dr. Squires (Ben

6 min - 2008-08-07 Part 1 of Exclusive Sundance video interview with "The Wackness" stars Josh Peck and Method Man.Set in 1994, "The Wackness" centers on troubled teenage drug dealer Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) and a drug-addled psychiatrist Dr. Squir

The Wackness" (Teaser Trailer #2) Set in 1994, "The Wackness" centers on troubled teenage drug dealer Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) and a drug-addled psychiatrist Dr. Squires (Ben Kingsley). Luke trades pot for therapy sessions, and then falls for the Squires daughter. "The Wackness" stars J...

this backdrop, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) spends his last summer before college selling dope throughout New York City, trading it with his shrink (Ben Kingsley) for therapy, while crushing on his step-daughter (Olivia Thirlby). Famke Janssen, Mary Kate Olsen,and Method Man round out th...

Unknown length - 2008-05-19 Set during the heady summer of 1994, a teenaged pot dealer Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) forms a friendship with kindred soul Dr. Jeffrey Squires (Ben Kingsley), who trades weed for therapy sessions. The duo explores the richness of New York City, and the path

By nothatwasacompliment Josh Peck, Ben Kingsley The best thing about the movie is probably the friendship between Luke and his therapist, Dr. Squires, played by Ben Kingsley.  Dr. Squires doesn’t charge Luke money for his therapy sessions.  Instead, Luke pays with marijuana.  Dime bags only get him about 10 minutes...

  USA Josh Peck stars as Luke, whose musical proclivities and casual drug habit combine to give him a skewed and colorful take on life. Having just graduated from high school and unsure about the future, he spends his days crushing on Stephanie (Olivia ...

 - The protagonist of The Wackness, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) is identifiable by anyone who has experienced a summer between high school and college. ...

 CA - Jan 6, 2009 The Wackness" (R, 95 minutes): It's the summer of 1994 in Manhattan, and recent high school graduate and weed man Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) is approaching ... DVD Releases: James Franco Tiny and Totally Stoned LimeLife all 72 news articles

New York Daily News  PA - Jan 6, 2009 The Wackness" is the story of 17-year old Luke (Josh Peck) working his way through the summer as a pot dealer in Manhattan. Set around 1994, the film uses ... New on DVD: 'Pineapple Express' New York Daily News

 United States - Jan 5, 2009 Marijuana figures into The Wackness, the story of Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck), who is doing a little dealing in the summer of 1994, between the end of his ...

 FL - Marijuana figures into The Wackness, the story of Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck), who is doing a little dealing in the summer of 1994, between the end of his ...

 CA - But nerdy teen rebel Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) is hearing none of it. A high school grad from an indigent family who's headed off to college in the fall, ...

 CA - A midlife crisis can strike anyone, even 19-year-old pot dealer Luke (Josh Peck), who’s trying to enjoy the hot, sticky NYC summer of ’94. Ben Kingsley ...

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By Thomas Caldwell It’s the summer of 1994 in New York and Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck from Nickelodeon’s family show Drake and Josh) has finished his final year at school. While most of his classmates have left the city for holidays, Luke is left behind to sell and smoke marijuana. Depressed, lonely and sexually f...

 Australia - Nov 15, 2008 The story revolves around Kingsley's character, Dr Squires, and teenage marijuana dealer Luke Shapiro, who is played by Josh Peck. ...

Finally he's landed a role which suits his talents as an oddball, New Age psychiatrist in The Wackness, an indie comedy set in New York in 1994. As Dr Squires, he counsels troubled teen Luke (Josh Peck of Nickelodeon's Drake & Josh ...

By Steve Troubled high school student Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) forms a friendship with Dr. Jeffrey Squires (Ben Kingsley), a psychiatrist and kindred lost soul who proposes Luke trade him weed for therapy sessions. Hanes doniol a gafaelgar, ...

By Dan Feder The movie stars Josh Peck—yes, the formerly chubby kid from Nickelodeon’s “Drake and Josh”—as just-graduated high school marijuana dealer Luke, along with Ben Kingsley as his drugged-up psychiatrist, Dr. Squires. ...

Set against this backdrop, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) spends his last summer before college selling dope throughout New York City, trading it with his shrink (Ben Kingsley) for therapy, while crushing on his step-daughter (Olivia Thirlby) ...

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An eclectic yet hilarious story about a loser-turned-pot-dealer named Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck), who has no friends and deals drugs to his psychiatrist (Ben Kingsley), THE WACKNESS is a nostalgic trip to a far simpler time.a ...

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 - The story follows Luke (Josh Peck) and Dr. Jefferey Squires (Ben Kingsley) as they develop an unorthodox friendship originally based on marijuana and small ...

By jandapitan 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 (Ben Kingsley), ...

Indie movies released on DVD at Mike's  PA - Oct 8, 2008 The Wackness is a coming-of-age-drama/comedy without the fluff. Josh Peck plays Luke Shapiro, a recent high school graduate living with his parents in the ...

Best known for his role as Josh on the Nickelodeon show "Drake and Josh," Josh Peck took the lead role as drug-dealing high school graduate Luke. "He's going through a time that I'm just at the tail end of. It's very difficult at 18 ...

Drug dealer and troubled teenager Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) has just graduated from high school and doesn't quite know what direction to steer in. Luke decides to go to Dr. Jeffrey Squires (Ben Kingsley), a therapist, for help. ...

 France - Ein jugendlicher Marihuana Dealer, Luke alias Josh Peck, bezahlt seinen Psychotherapeuten, gespielt von Sir Ben Kingsley mit Drogen. ...

 France - Luke – played by Josh Peck – is a teenage dope dealer. He pays Ben Kingsley – his psychiatrist and another lost soul – in marijuana and the two begin to ...

 Australia - Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) is a teenage dope dealer trading his product for sessions with a therapist (Ben Kingsley). The two embark on a journey through the ...

 MA - As Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck), a neighborhood drug dealer, falls for his psychologist, Doctor Squires' (Ben Kingsley) stepdaughter (Olivia Thirlby), ...

 WI - The film opens in a therapy session of Dr. Jeff Squires (Ben Kingsley), as pot dealer Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) reveals that he’s having trouble meeting the ...

 CA - Written and directed by Jonathan Levine, the film follows Luke Shapiro (a very good Josh Peck) as he deals with an uncertain post-high school life by seeing ...

 UK - Aug 30, 2008 Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) finds himself lost and lonely, stuck in that summer limbo after high school and just before college. He is a depressed teenager and ...

 TX - Aug 29, 2008 His focus is now on Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck), a high school pupil trying to find his way in life behind an ice cream cart he uses to sell drugs. ...

 UK - Aug 29, 2008 His focus is now on Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck), a high school pupil trying to find his way in life behind an ice cream cart he uses to sell drugs. ...

 UK - Aug 29, 2008 The movie stars Ben Kingsley and rising star Josh Peck, who plays Luke Shapiro, a troubled high school loner who deals pot, struggles to get girls and has ...

 TX - Aug 29, 2008 Teenager Luke (Josh Peck) counters depression and his parents' screaming rows by roaming the streets selling dope out of an ice- cream pushcart. ...

 United Kingdom - Aug 28, 2008 His debut movie follows school leaver Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck), a doughy, inarticulate hero, through a sweltering summer in New York. ...

 United Kingdom - Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck), self-confessed "most popular of the unpopular" in class, wanders the streets pushing an ice-cream cart which he uses to store and ... Wack? Yes, good too ... and full of '90s slang Winnipeg Sun The Wackness Tucson Weekly

This is London  UK - dealer Luke (Josh Peck) as he waits to go to college. What make this movie worth watching are the riveting performances by Sir Ben Kingsley and Peck. ... The Wackness Movie Review Future Movies The Wackness Digital Spy Likeable losers in The Wackness This is London

Norwich Evening News  UK - Both of which have become staple ingredients in the life of Jewish teenager Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) who’s just finished high school and sells dope out of ... This week's film releases Norwich Evening News all 6 news articles

 UK - Aug 28, 2008 Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) spends his last summer before college selling dope throughout New York City, trading it with his shrink (Ben Kingsley) for therapy ...

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 UK - Aug 26, 2008 Sporting long hair and Hawaiian shirts, he befriends one of his patients, teenage pot dealer Luke (Josh Peck), with whom he trades therapy for dope. ... Win An iPod Shuffle! Entertainmentwise all 2 news articles

The Wackness' proves relatable (w/movie trailer)  GA - Aug 21, 2008 Luke Shapiro, played by Nickelodeon star Josh Peck, is a socially uncomfortable teenage pot dealer. He has no friends, a family on the verge of financial ...

 CA - Aug 7, 2008 In this film 1994 in New York City is also the summer when forlorn Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck), just graduated from high school and heading for his safety ...

 TX - Aug 1, 2008 High school drug dealer Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) has a loyal client in his psychiatrist, Jeff Squires (Ben Kingsley), who fires up bongs during skull ...

 TX - Aug 1, 2008 Set in New York during the sweltering summer of 1994, the movie follows Luke (Nickelodeon sitcom star turned consistently agape-jawed film actor Josh Peck), ...

 OH - Aug 1, 2008 He is close to giving up his battle against aging when he takes on Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck), his pot supplier, as a special project. For each bag of grass, ...

 PA - Jul 31, 2008 This is the world in which high school senior Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) finds himself as he predicts a grim future: "Tomorrow I graduate from high school. ...

 MO - Jul 31, 2008 Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) supplies classmates and a growing list of well-to-do adults on New York’s Upper East Side with primo marijuana. ... Josh Peck: from Nickelodeon to nudity Tulsa World Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby, Famke Janssen, Mary-Kate ... Moviehole

 OH - Starker In The Wackness, writer-director Jonathan Levine obviously has an autobiographical soft spot for his main character, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck). ... Wackness' explores teen life Cincinnati.com all 2 news articles

That's when writer-director Jonathan Levine graduated from high school, like his film's sullen hero, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck), who deals pot from an Italian ... Fast chat with 'Wackness' star Josh Peck MiamiHerald.com The Wackness arrives Sundance-certified Creative Loafing Sarasota

 TX - And to this point, it's describing the experiences of Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck), a teen who's stuck in blazing-hot Brooklyn during summer break. ...

 TX - Jul 25, 2008 Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) peddles marijuana, and his most frequented client is his own shrink, Dr. Squires (Sir Ben Kingsley). The good doctor happens to be ...

 NY - Jul 24, 2008 Kingsley plays Dr. Jeff Squires, a pot-smoking, pill-popping psychologist who buys drugs from his daughter's friend Luke, played by Josh Peck. ...

 RI - Jul 24, 2008 By Steven Rea Dr. Squires (Sir Ben Kingsley, left) offers guidance to Luke (Josh Peck) in The Wackness. It’s the summer of Forrest Gump and OJ’s Bronco ride ...

 - Jul 18, 2008 In fact, one of the things about The Wackness that draws us in, and keeps us in, is the way writer-director Jonathan Levine and actor Josh Peck make Luke ...

By Colin Boyd Recent high school graduate Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) attends therapy sessions with Dr. Squires (Ben Kingsley). At the end of each session, Luke pays his doctor with dime bags of pot. It's a win-win situation; Luke gets the help he seeks ...

 TX - Jul 11, 2008 That is where high school student Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) enters the picture. While new Mayor Rudolph Guliani is busy rounding up the streets of all ...

By intr0vert The Wackness My gym is right next to one of the best movie theatres in the world. So before I went running yesterday I decided to see “The Wackness” starring Sir Ben Kingsley and Josh Peck. It’s the story of Luke Shapiro, ...

By funofmovie Josh Peck, the fat kid from Mean Creek (he’s not fat at all anymore) is Luke, who is in love with Squires’ daughter, played by Olivia Thirlby, the best friend from Juno. Peck and Kingsley have terrific chemistry (both comedic and ...

By funofmovie Luke is a pot dealer just about to graduate high school. He's not a loser, but he's not one of the cool kids. He only gets invited to the parties when they need more weed. Luke is also in a very strange form of therapy - he's selling pot to his classmate's shrink father, who is paying him in the form of sessions. The Wackness takes place over the summer between high school graduation and leaving for college as the lives of Luke and his therapist fall apart in major ways.Sir Ben Kingsley plays Dr. Squires, the shrink who is looking to recapture his youth by hanging out with the dope dealing kid. He's a huge mess, taking bong hits in his office and a handful of pills when he gets home. Josh Peck, the fat kid from Mean Creek (he's not fat at all anymore) is Luke, who is...   [read the full post]

By I need you so much closer In The Wackness, Josh Peck plays Luke Shapiro, a hip hop–loving white kid who hangs out in downtown NYC, sells marijuana out of an Italian ice cart and pays his therapist (Ben Kingsley) in joints. The movie, which is set in 1994 and ...

By Rob If that wasn’t enough, award-winning break-dancers ‘Psycho Stylez’ then jammed to The Wackness soundtrack, which includes hip-hop hits from the 90’s. Set in New York City, in 1994, The Wackness follows the fortunes of Luke (Josh Peck) ...

By estherbintliff The other stars are Josh Peck (who played the ‘fat’ kid in Mean Creek back in 2004) as our depressed, weed-dealing narrator Luke Shapiro, and Ben Kingsley as his dope-smoking shrink. The film looks like a romcom with an indie-style ...

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By Rob Set during the sweltering summer of 1994, when Mayor Giuliani is cracking down on New York’s darker elements, and hip-hop is permeating white youth culture, pot-dealing loser Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) is trying to figure out how to solve ...

By Alex Billington The Wackness is a comedy about a pot-dealing teen named Luke Shapiro, played by Josh Peck, living in New York City in 1994. The film tells the story of how Luke's life changed over one summer all because of one girl named Stephanie, ...

By BuzzSugar Also, it's got Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby and Ben Kingsley at the heart of it, which is what ended up endearing this movie to me most of all. Peck plays Luke Shapiro, a kid on the Upper East Side who deals pot and feels alone amongst his ...

Revenge of the Stoner Movies - The 2008 Comeback!  CO - Josh Peck, who stars as the pot dealing Luke Shapiro, delivers one of the most unforgettable stoner performances since Dave Chappelle. ...

By Alex Billington The Wackness, set in the nostalgic 1990s, is about Luke Shapiro - one of New York City's biggest pot dealers and a loser of a kid who is looking to make something of his summer. The film stars Josh Peck as well as Ben Kingsley, ...

By Seth The Wackness Antihero: Teen drug dealer Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck). Disease/Problem: Drug-addicted psychiatrist Dr. Squires (Ben Kingsley); a troubled youth in need of counseling. Solution: Bartering pot for therapy. Unconventional Romantic Angle: Luke falls for Squire's daughter

By Mean Critic The film stars young Josh Peck as Luke, a teenage drug dealer who trades pot for sessions with his therapist Dr. Squires, played by Kingsley. Mary-Kate plays Union, one of Peck's customers. The film stars young Josh Peck as Luke, a teenage drug dealer who trades pot for sessions with his thera...