The Wackness Page #6

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
697 Views


there's a couple of hours left.

I hope you're

aware of that.

Look, are you not calling me back

'cause I said I love you?

'Cause that's stupid.

I mean...

I didn't mean it really,

and, you know, even if I did,

I'm going to college in three weeks,

so it's not like it matters.

You know what?

F*** it.

I meant it.

I do love you.

All right?

I'm not scared to say it.

I f***ing love you, okay?

And if that scares you,

well, then f*** you.

Huh? You know what?

F*** off, all right?

You're a f***ing b*tch. Peace out forever!

Come in.

Shapiro?

She got bored.

With all due respect to my stepdaughter,

Luke, f*** her. F*** them all.

As Biggie says,

B*tches, I like 'em brainless.

"Guns, I like 'em

stainless steel."

Dr. Squires,

do you remember

when you told

me that sh*t

about men doing the things

they need to do

to become the men

they need to become

- or something?

- No.

Well, I need

your help.

What is it, Lucas?

You know anybody

who could use some weed?

I got some extra weight

I need to unload this month.

We could probably

work something out.

# "Long Shot Kick De Bucket"

by The Pioneers #

All right, if we're gonna do this,

Dr. Squires, we're gonna do it right.

- All right? You gotta be more careful.

- Don't worry, Luke.

- I'm not going back to prison.

- Good.

Let's establish a few ground rules.

Number one, we use pagers.

Someone pages us, we call them back

from a payphone.

We never use home phones

for this type of stuff. Never.

That's great, Luke. I already have

a pager for my medical practice.

All right, good.

Number two, we sell weed by the gram,

by the eighth, and by the ounce.

Gram's the highest profit margin,

but it's also the most potent,

that's why we try to encourage people

to buy the grams.

Principal Edwards, I can give you

two grams for 125 bucks, all right?

Anything less than that,

I don't make a profit.

You always were

very good at math, Luke.

All right,

plus another 10 Zs

at a grand a Z.

It's a start.

# Long Shot kick de bucket #

# Them wail

Them wail. Them reel #

# But him couldn't

take the trail #

# Them wail

Them wail... #

- Hey, Oliver. How's the golf game?

- Not bad, Doc. Not too bad.

- How's your mother?

- Still projecting.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Call the office to make an appointment.

Now, how much marijuana

can I get for you today?

Exactly how much money are we trying

to make here, Luke?

As much as possible.

What's all this for, Luke?

If you don't mind me asking.

# It was Starbright

Combat, Corazon #

# Long Shot on the rear #

College.

# It was Starbright... #

- It's okay.

- Uh-huh.

- Who the f*** is you?

- Who the f*** is you?

Yo! Yo, yo, yo, yo!

Percy! Percy! He's cool, all right?

- I'm cool, Percy.

- Me will be the judge of that.

- Stop that.

- Sorry.

The drowning represents an inability

to get a handle on your life,

what you're doing,

perhaps your business.

The girl, well,

I don't know.

When in doubt,

I usually go with your mother.

My mother.

That make a lot more sense now.

Yo, fellas?

I hate to interrupt, but,

Pers, I need more, man.

- You can't just leave it downstairs?

- Not in this neighborhood.

I can't believe this is

a fifth floor walk-up.

Oh, please behave yourself,

Dr. Squires, all right?

- This is my connect.

- Who the f*** lives in a fifth floor...

Hi, Luke.

- ...walk-up. Hello.

- Hi.

Come on in.

I'm, uh, I'm Elanor.

I'm, um, Haydn.

- No need for aliases with her, Squires.

- Oh, well then, I'm Jeff.

Oh, I'm still Elanor.

- So, how much you need?

- A quarter.

I'm going to see that guy

in New Hampshire.

I was just packing and stuff and then I was

thinking I need some grass. I almost forgot.

So, that's how

this happened.

- So, a quarter, then?

- A quarter. Yeah.

He doesn't

appreciate you.

- How do you know that?

- He couldn't possibly.

- That's a compliment, right?

- Ma'am.

Here it is.

And I have this for you, too.

Thanks.

It's the

greatest hits?

Well, actually, it's more like

three songs, mixes...

Well, really it's more

like one song.

You were in

Emergency Breakthrough?

- Yeah.

- No sh*t.

- I love your music.

- What?

Oh...

Mmm!

Wow. See, Luke? I told you

I know a little about music.

I keep trying to

broaden his horizons,

you know, rap music isn't

everything. I tell him, but...

You should listen

to this woman, Luke.

She's as smart and talented

as she is beautiful.

# Wear and tear...? #

- He's really out of his mind, right?

- Total f***ing lunatic.

Hey, Steph.

So, I guess you're

ignoring me, huh?

That's a shame,

because it would be really cool to hang

out or whatever before I go to school.

The school year is rapidly approaching,

as you know.

And...

I miss you.

- But I love you.

- No, you don't.

Please, Kristen. Don't leave me

all alone. I can't be all alone.

Cut the crap, Jeffrey.

You asked for it.

Stephanie?

Are you leaving, too?

No. Stephie will be here

for the next few weeks.

I'll deal with all the details

when I'm back.

Details?

Please, say something

to your mother, Steph.

Jeffrey, leave her

out of this.

Sweetheart,

go to your

f***ing room.

It would be really cool to hang out

or whatever before I go to school.

The school year is rapidly approaching,

as you know.

I miss you.

- Shapiro?

- What?

- Justin?

- Yo, why you calling me Shapiro?

No reason.

How was, um, Florence?

Oh, it was crazy, yo,

mad crazy.

Yo, I'll tell you

all about it.

We're hitting this club

downtown tonight. You coming?

Yeah, totally.

Yeah.

- Doll your sh*t up.

- Okay, call me later.

- Peace.

- Bye.

Yo, yo, yo,

what happened?

- What happened?

- What do you think?

Wait, wait, wait.

Wait, Dad. I have money!

- Put that down. I got money!

- Leave the guys alone.

- Let them do their job.

- Dad, I got $26,000,

that should be

more than enough.

- Luke.

- What?

It's not enough.

It's not even close.

You said you'd fix it.

You said you'd fix it, right?

I need you to go upstairs

and pack up your room, okay?

Go on upstairs.

Pack up your room.

Hey, be careful with that,

would you, guys?

Are you being careful

with my father's silver?

# "Flava in Your Ear"

by Craig Mack #

# Everybody let's agree

that M.C.'s need a tissue #

# The funk's my only issue #

# I bet your mama miss you

and I bet the Mack take off... #

- What are you doing?

- Marking my territory.

You need some help?

# I guess I'm gonna

say Craig Mack with perfect timing #

# You won't be

around next year #

# My rap's too severe kickin' mad

flava in ya ear. Kick it down #

# Here comes the brand new

flava in ya ear #

# Time for new flava in ya ear #

# I'm kickin' new

flava in ya ear #

# Mack's the brand new

flava in ya ear #

# Craig Mack #

# 1,000 degrees #

# You'll be on your knees... #

- Yo!

- Hi, Steph.

- Hey...

- Look,

I know the summer's

almost over

but I think we can

make this work.

- Luke...

- Just hear me out, all right?

People do the long-distance thing

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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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