The Wackness

3 stars out of 5
Ben Kingsley having simulated sex with one of the Olsen Twins is, by itself, probably worth the price of admission to this indie coming of age film, set in

New York City

in 1994. Josh (I on a dialup Internet connection, so can't look up the actor's name) is a patient of the psychologist played by Kingsley, who pays for his sessions with joints. It is an odd, disjointed character study, like so many indie films, with a few scenes of very simulated sex. I assume it is a memoir. Interesting, in the way most indie films are interesting, but not great. By the way, apparently, in 1994, whack meant bad and dope meant good. Josh is told by a girl, "I see the dopeness in the world. You see the wackness." Hence the indecipherable name of the film.