The Wackness - not as wack as I thought it would be!

Since I have that fabulous Blockbuster 2-week free membership, I decided to maximize my movie watching these past couple of weeks. The most recent arrival to my mailbox was the drug-pusher movie The Wackness. Although most people know this as "the movie that one of the Olsen twins was in", there was so much more to the story than meets the eye.

It's true, Mary-Kate Olsen does have a small role in the movie as a spaced out, drugged up hippie who nearly screws an old man in a phone booth, but aside from that, she is basically non-existent to the overall plot.

What you need to know about this movie is that it is set in NYC in 1994, it is about an 18-year-old pot pusher (who in my opinion is quite a cutie) and his quest to figure his life out during the summer before he leaves for college. He was a loser in high school and his only friend in life is his psychiatrist (whom he pays with weed).

What I found to be interesting about this movie is that everything doesn't totally wind up hunky-dory at the end. I will say that the lead character does figure out his life at least for the time being, but more importantly he realizes that it isn't he who was the loser in life, but the people around him.

My thought is that most of you will actually hate this movie after you watch it; however to those of you who actually look deeper into a movie than just the top layer, you will get this movie more than some of the critics did. I give it an overall thumbs up - but if you are part of the crowd who can't dig deeper into the meaning of movies - stay far away from this one. Also - for those of you who are into the old school hip-hop scene (I'm talking Notorious BIG type stuff), if you don't feel the need to see this movie, at least download the soundtrack. It features hits from Faith Evans, R. Kelly, Notorious BIG, Method Man (who stars in the movie as a Jamaican drug dealer), Craig Mack, and more. I just downloaded the entire thing myself - totally worth it! Below I have posted the trailer to the movie for all of you who aren't familiar. Happy watching kids!