By Nicholas Barber It's not too soon to get nostalgic for the floppy-haired decade, according to this tender indie comedy and its lovable star Film 2 The Wackness Jonathan Levine 105 MINS, 15 Step Brothers Adam McKay 97 MINS, 15 Babylon AD Mathieu Kassovitz 90 MINS, 12 Angel Francois Ozon 105 MINS, 15 Well, it's happening already.

THE Wackness follows a variety of characters basically trying to find a way to cope with life in Nineties New York. The movie stars Ben Kingsley and rising star Josh Peck, who plays Luke Shapiro, a troubled high school loner who deals pot, struggles to get girls and has problems with his parents.

By Anthony Quinn FILMS OF THE WEEK ANGEL (15) Francois Ozon (120 mins) *** STARRING Romola Garai, Sam Neill, Charlotte Rampling THE WACKNESS (15) Jonathan Levine (99 mins) *** STARRING Josh Peck, Ben Kingsley The French director Franois Ozon has taken Elizabeth Taylor's beadily satiric novel and transformed it into a droll and somewhat disturbing fantasia on the creative temperament.

By ZERACH WIEDER; GN BY ZERACH WIEDER GENERATION NEXT I was 4 when this film took place. I'll admit, I'm in no way able to truly understand this movie. My brother and sister were then both about the age I am now, so for the first time, I felt a little jealous of them. It looked fun.

By STEPHANIE SCHOMER There are many assumptions about graduating from high school. It is assumed that you'll become an immediately responsible person. It is assumed that you'll go to college in pursuit of a fruitful career.