THE WACKNESS (3 1/2 stars) Josh Peck , Ben Kingsley , Olivia Thirlby . Directed by Jonathan Levine . Set for no apparent reason in 1994, Jonathan Levine 's The Wackness at first comes off like a calculated exercise in nostalgia, full of forced period details (Nintendo Game Boys, Reebok Pumps, references to 90210 ) that add nothing to the story and serve only ...

Jonathan Levine, whose New York '90s dramedy The Wackness is being released this weekend, has just signed on to two new projects. He'll work on Positive, a "romantic thriller" that sounds like a slightly scarier version of Meet the Parents, and Echelon Vendetta, an adaptation of David Stone's thriller novel about a CIA agent who tries to keep ...