Watch Scenes From The Wackness

The “stoner comedy” genre gets a lot of love, but what about the “stoner drama”? Director Jonathan Levine (who made a big stir at the 2006 film festivals with his horror movie All The Boys Love Mandy Lane) has a new movie called The Wackness coming out on July 3rd that seems to be one half nuanced, character-driven coming-of-age drama and half pot-smoking hijinks.

The flick, which takes place in 1994, follows a kid who spends his last summer in NYC before college selling weed out of his Italian Ice cart. After he starts exchanging trees for sessions with his shrink (played by Ben Kingsley), he develops a bond with the old man and a crush on his step daughter. Method Man (with a bad Jamaican accent) plays his weed dealer and Mary-Kate Olsen plays some other crazy chick. The soundtrack features a who’s who of 1994 NY rap, including Nas and Biggie. After the jump, watch the official trailer and 8 newly-released scenes from the movie.

Trailer:

Scene #1 “How Old Are You?”:

Scene #2 “Tomorrow My Life Changes”:

Scene #3 “Need A Little More This Week” (With Method Man):

Scene #4 “Let Me Show You”:

Scene #5 “You Must Have Been Popular”:

Scene #6 “We Came Here Looking”:


Scene #7 “Look Around Here Luke”:

Scene #8 “Why Didn’t We Hang Out More?”: