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'Wackness' doesn't live up to its hype
"The Wackness" is set in Manhattan, 1994, and not a minute goes by where director/writer Jonathan Levine doesn't whack you over the head with reminders that it's Manhattan, 1994.
In the first 10 minutes you get references to Zima, Zelda, Pearl Jam and Gameboy, and the onslaught continues till the lights go up with mentions of mix tapes, Giuliani's iron grip, Jason Priestley, Giuliani's iron...
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