The Wackness

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comedy-drama film coming-of-age film film

The Wackness is a 2008 coming-of-age dramedy film set in 1990s New York City, following a teenage drug dealer who trades weed for therapy sessions with his eccentric psychiatrist.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comedy-drama film → coming-of-age film → film →
awardReceived	Sundance Film Festival Audience Award →
cinematographyBy	Peter Rosenbaum →
composer	David Torn →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Jonathan Levine →
distributor	Revolver Entertainment → Sony Pictures Classics →
editor	Josh Salzberg NERFINISHED →
event	2008 Sundance Film Festival →
filmingLocation	New York City →
genre	comedy → coming-of-age → drama →
hasTheme	adolescence → drug culture → friendship → mental health → urban life →
mainCharacter	Dr. Jeffrey Squires → Elanor → Luke Shapiro → Stephanie Squires NERFINISHED →
motionPictureRating	R →
narrativeFocus	teenage drug dealer trading marijuana for therapy →
originalLanguage	English →
producer	Brice Dal Farra → Joe Nussbaum NERFINISHED → Keith Calder → Lauren Munsch →
productionCompany	Occupant Films →
releaseDate	2008 → January 20, 2008 →
runtimeMinutes	99 →
setInLocation	New York City →
setInPeriod	1990s → 1994 →
starring	Aaron Yoo → Ben Kingsley → Famke Janssen → Jane Adams → Josh Peck → Mary-Kate Olsen → Method Man → Olivia Thirlby → Talia Balsam →
theatricalReleaseDate	July 3, 2008 →
writer	Jonathan Levine →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Olivia Thirlby →	appearedIn
Olivia Thirlby →	notableWork