Rating of
2.5/4
With rap through Wackness
snupe - wrote on 10/28/14
The Wackness is a coming of age summer film that succeeds with most of the casting choices. The plot could have used some sharpening since the drama portions left a bit unmoved at times. The highlights for me personally are Ben Kingsley's performance and the soundtrack, which is full of very stellar hip hop music mostly. The age difference between the main cast members provides engaging scenes, but the way the story lines play out kill delicious possible scenes which was a bit disappointing. Featured nice cinematography at times, nothing too special. A couple of long takes would have made wonders to this movie, it's a real disappointment they are not utilized more often. Method Man speaking Patois gives quite a laugh since it sounds kind of forced. Overall a pretty good movie.
