The Wackness Page #7

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


all the time, you know,

and we're not going to school

that far away from each other.

It's like a four-hour train ride, so,

we could alternate weekends, whatever.

- Is that Shapiro?

- Is that Justin?

Oh, Shapiro.

Hi, baby.

Yo, you got any weed?

No.

Okay.

- Look, Luke...

- Where's Squires?

- He's in Fire Island.

- Peace.

Yo, wait.

# "Tearz"

by Wu-Tang Clan #

# Yo, check

Yo, yo. Check the script #

# Me and the gods

get it ripped #

# Blunts in the dip

Forty dogs in my lip #

# Had a box

Boom, boom. The bass will blast #

# We was laughing

at all the girls that passed #

# Conversation

Brothers had begin to discuss #

# Hey yo, Ra!

Remember that kid ya bust? #

# Oh, yeah, he ran

But he didn't get far #

# 'Cause I dropped him #

# Not knowin'

exactly what lied ahead #

# My little brother

My mother sent him out for bread #

# Get the Wonder

it's a hot day in the summer #

# Didn't expect

to come across a crazy gunner #

Luke.

# "Check it for the bag

and the dough" #

# But he was brave

looked him in the eye and said, "No!" #

# Money splattered him... #

I apologize for the mess.

I wasn't expecting company.

You've been doing

all these drugs?

It's an experiment.

An experience.

Life. Salvation. Drugs.

Go ahead.

I've never done most of

this stuff before, Jeff.

Come on, Luke,

be a pal, do it.

# Flashbacks

I was laughin' all the time #

# I taught him

all about the bees and birds #

# But I wish I had a chance

to sing these three words #

# After laughter #

# comes tears #

The ocean.

This is all

I need, Luke.

Forget the city,

the city is wrong.

I just want to wrap myself

in the ocean.

I cannot

- speak.

- That's the spirit, Luke.

Hit me with it!

Come on, hit me!

You don't think I can take it? I can

take everything you got, f***ing sea!

I want a

- vagina.

- You said it, Luke.

I should have known when she

told me she didn't like dogs.

There's certain people you just

can't trust, you know, Luke?

Listen to me.

Never trust

anyone who doesn't smoke pot

or listen to Bob Dylan. You hear me?

Never trust anyone

who doesn't like the beach.

Never, ever,

ever,

trust anyone who says

they don't like dogs.

If you meet someone

who doesn't like dogs,

you alert the authorities immediately,

and sure as sh*t don't marry them!

Okay.

Okay.

Nothing's okay.

None of it's

gonna be okay,

everything is going

to be terrible.

I tried to kill myself

twice today.

Once with pills, turns out I have

a very high tolerance for those.

Next by hanging.

The hanging is very hard. The weight.

You lose too much weight,

or you put on too much weight...

Oh, well.

- Dr. Squires, what are you talking about?

- I don't know.

I just...

I'm done.

This is it. Last call, Luke.

I'm glad you're here to see me off.

- Where you going, Dr. Squires?

- In there.

I'm ready to die, Luke.

Stop f***ing around, Jeff.

I'm the weird old guy, remember?

You said so yourself.

Look, I didn't mean it, all right?

You're my friend.

You're my best friend.

So just, please,

would you come back for me?

You're not

worth it, Shapiro!

So that was all

bullshit, right?

All that stuff about embracing your pain,

making it a part of you?

You can't do this!

You can't just give up.

Life is hard and it's full of pain

and what not,

but we take it

'cause there's great stuff, too!

And we can do it

because we have friends!

Because we help

each other!

Stop! Stop!

Luke!

That was really f***ing cheesy,

what you said just then.

There's enough a**holes

in the world, Dr. Squires.

Don't be another one.

Now you sound like me.

You wanna go to the city

to fill out my prescriptions?

Sounds good.

Thank you, Luke.

How you feeling?

Please, don't

do that again.

- All right? You scared me.

- I'm sorry.

Dr. Squires,

I gotta get back.

To my folks.

Where you living

these days, Luke?

We're moving in

with my grandparents.

- In New Jersey.

- I'm sorry to hear that.

I'm sorry to live it.

I'm sorry about

Stephanie, too.

She would have been

a lucky girl.

Good luck in school.

Try and f*** a black girl.

I never got the chance at college.

Baby steps.

It'll be okay.

- I can't answer that.

- It wasn't a question.

- Peace, Doc.

- Peace out, Luke.

Luke. Hey.

Hey.

- Look, man, I just wanted to say...

- Do me a favor, Steph.

Don't say nothing, okay?

Just stand there

till I leave.

I wanna remember this.

- I've never done it before.

- Never done what?

Had my heart broken.

# "All the Young Dudes"

by Mott The Hoople #

To Luke Shapiro.

Luke.

Luke?

Have you had

any more thoughts

about what you're gonna be

as far as a profession goes?

- Mom, he's got time.

- I'm just asking.

Actually, I'm thinking

about becoming a shrink.

Psychology!

It's not quite the shoe business,

but it's a very interesting field.

I figure I'm an expert 'cause everyone

around me is so f***ing crazy, you know?

# Oh, man, I need TV

when I got T Rex #

# Oh, brother, you guessed #

# I'm a dude, Dad #

# All the young dudes #

# Hey, dudes #

# Carry the news #

# Where are ya? #

# Boogaloo dudes #

# Stand up, come on #

# Carry the news #

# All the young dudes #

# I want to hear you #

# Carry the news #

# I want to see you #

Hello? Somebody paged me

from this number?

Hi, Jeffrey?

It's Elanor.

Luke gave me your number.

He said I should page you. I hope that's okay.

Yeah, it's okay.

So, um...

What are you

doing tonight?

No plans.

# We never got it off

on that revolution stuff #

# What a drag

Too many snags #

# Now I've drunk a lot of wine

and I'm feeling fine #

# Got to race some cat to bed #

# Oh, is there

concrete all around #

# Or is it in my head? #

# Yeah #

# I'm a dude, Dad #

# All the young dudes #

# Hey, dudes #

# Carry the news #

# Where are ya? #

# Boogaloo dudes #

# Stand up #

# Carry the news #

# All the young dudes #

# I want to hear ya #

# Carry the news #

# I want to see you #

# Boogaloo dudes #

# And I want to relate to you #

# Carry the news #

# All the young dudes #

# What dudes? #

# Carry the news #

# Let's hear the news

Come on #

# Boogaloo dudes #

# I want to kick you #

# Carry the news #

# Hey, you there! #

# All the young dudes #

# With the glasses #

# Carry the news #

# I want you #

# Boogaloo dudes

I want you at the front #

# Carry the news #

# Now you, all his friends #

# Now you bring him down

'cause I want him #

# Carry the news #

# Boogaloo dudes #

# I want him right here

Bring him, come on #

# Carry the news #

# Bring him

Here you go #

# All the young dudes #

I've wanted to do this for years

# Carry the news #

# There you go #

# Boogaloo dudes #

# How do you feel? #

# "I Can't Wake Up"

by KRS-One #

# What I want you to do

is count to ten #

# Nine #

# Eight #

# Seven #

# Six #

# Five #

# Four #

# Three #

# Two #

# On one

You will be asleep #

# One #

# I'm a blunt gettin' smoked

and I can't wake up #

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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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