The Wackness

Psychiatrists have complained that they aren't portrayed fairly in movies. It's sort of like the Harry Truman quote, people tell the truth about them, and they feel it's hell. There is more than a grain of truth in the satires. And it's time to add one more satire to the pile.

According to Variety, a new movie entitled The Wackness is going into production. It centers on a troubled teenage drug dealer and a drug-addled psychiatrist -- after the former trades pot for therapy sessions, then falls for the doctor's daughter.

It has attracted some slightly controversial attention because of reports that two stars in the film Ben Kingsley and Mary-Kate Olsen will have an extended kiss/make-out scene, despite the obvious age differences. Kingsley plays the corrupt shrink, and Olsen plays one of his patients.

It's billed as a comedy, this mess between a psychiatrist and his drug dealer. It's early in the production, so who knows what changes will take place in the script, etc. between now and the premier.

But it's nice to see something taking advantage of all of the weird press the shrinks get. We wish them luck.