It's the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop and wafting with the sweet aroma of marijuana--but change is in the air. The newly-inaugurated mayor, Rudy Giuliani, is beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against "crimes" like noisy portable radios, graffiti and public drunkenness. Set against this backdrop, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) spends his last summer before college selling dope throughout New York City, trading it with his shrink (Ben Kingsley) for therapy, while crushing on his step-daughter (Olivia Thirlby).
This is one of those movies that is blatantly trying to be hip. I enjoyed the portions of it that referenced the 90s pop culture, but not much else. I thought that Josh Peck and Ben Kingsley did a lot of overacting and I found myself wondering if I ever sounded as silly as they did talking and walking that way in the 90s.
I wouldn't really recommend anyone rushing to rent this movie. You can just wait for it to end up on cable.
This is one of those movies that is blatantly trying to be hip. I enjoyed the portions of it that referenced the 90s pop culture, but not much else. I thought that Josh Peck and Ben Kingsley did a lot of overacting and I found myself wondering if I ever sounded as silly as they did talking and walking that way in the 90s.
I wouldn't really recommend anyone rushing to rent this movie. You can just wait for it to end up on cable.
