on Aug 14th, 2007The Wackness of 63 Kingsley Kissing 21 Olsen!
Great movie titles usually divulge the nature of the story to follow on screen. Top Gun, Pirates of the Caribbean, Flashdance. What about The Wackness? Any hints there of what this movie is up to in dramatic terms? You got me. But then I read on Page Six in The New York Post that Ben Kingsley plays a shrink who trades therapy sessions for cannabis with one of his patients who happens to be a drug dealer. Somehow that setup leads to Kingsley making out with 21-year-old Mary-Kate Olsen. Maybe she’s the drug dealer or the drug dealer’s girlfriend. The age difference is either a turn on or an Amber alert panic situation.
Whether this ends up being a rental movie or requires venturing out to see it on the big screen is yet to be determined. Getting to first base, after all, is child’s play. What comes next separates the kiddies from the adults…
Pop Quiz: At what age-spread does the gap between two lovers become irrelevant? Is a 42-year spread always preposterous? 25? 10? 5? Who makes up the sex rules? At what age does innocence give way to experience, such that the act of having sex is more about two people connecting instead of some outsider merely getting jealous in disgust? There’s a predatory nature to the age-spread question - a sense that the younger party is unconsciously acting out their Freudian weaknesses based on poor parental relationships. Talking about sex, though, is very different than experiencing it. So which form of therapy works better? Hands on or words off? Don’t ask Ben Kingsley! He’s already given his answer…