That Wacky Generation X (The Wackness)
Nostalgic for 1994?
Writer-director Jonathan Levine shot The Wackness through the misty lens of
nostalgia, as if applying a thin gel of wistful memory to the viewfinder. The
slacker doofus protagonist, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck), is graduating from his
The ray of sunshine in the druggy murk of Luke’s
adolescent angst and Squires’ chronic mid-life crisis is the doctor’s fetching
stepdaughter, Stephanie (Olivia Thirlby). Uninhibited and unpretentious, she
regards her aging Baby Boomer step dad with tolerant, eye-rolling contempt. For
his part, Luke erupts in anger at his ineffectual father, whom he dismisses as
an overgrown child. Stephanie and Luke are products of parents who faked their
way into adulthood. Squires keeps his medicine cabinet well stocked with
lithium, valium and a dozen other prescriptions to dull his sense of failure,
even as he proffers stale advice to Luke about cutting loose and experiencing
the world that has crushed him.
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