the Pen

21st June 2009

‘The Wackness’ is set in the summer of 1994, a time of when of cassette tapes, 90210, Air Jordans, Biggy Smalls and where the terms “word” and “peace out” were the tenants of the modern lexicon. For those who lived it, the movie is a hilarious (maybe a little unintentionally?) return what seemed like a more simpler time, as well as a moving coming of age story.

This movie also cements my appreciation of Ben Kingsley. He is amazing in this film.

Funnily enough Mary-Kate Olsen is in the film. For the record she was 8 and still in Full House in back in ‘94.

“I remember I led a peaceful, uneventful life as a little girl. I loved fries with ketchup, Bruce Lee was my hero, I wore Adidas sneakers and had two obsessions: Shaving my legs one day and being the last prophet of the galaxy.”

- Marjane Satrapi