The Wackness
Sometimes it's right to do the wrong things.
Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist.Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, who just happens to be the doctor's daughter.
- Director
- Jonathan Levine
- Worldwide
- $3M
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Cast
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What It's About
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Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, who just happens to be the doctor's daughter. This is a coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, music and what it takes to be a man.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Wackness returned 0.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $6M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $3M
- Release date
- Jul 3, 2008
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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