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The Wackness (2008)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B Source Brief Review Grade* Chicago Tribune Matt Pais "...only (Olivia) Thirlby becomes someone who seems like a real person..." more... C   E! Online Alex Markerson "It's an acquired taste, more bitter than sweet, but it lingers..." more... B   Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman "...a studiously offbeat coming-of-age crowd-pleaser..." more... B- filmcritic.com Chris Cabin "...very entertaining..." more... B   Hollywood Reporter Duane Byrge "It rips in all aspects, compliments of talented writer-director Jonathan Levin." more... A   ReelViews James Berardinelli "...in spite of its flaws, the production gets us to care about the characters and their situations." more... B   Rolling Stone Peter Travers "...for all its wicked delights and tasty acting, The Wackness hangs back when you most want it to sting." more... B- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker "...a modest but well-observed respite from coming-of-age clichés. Most of them, anyway." more... B   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)