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17 Again (2009)

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(73%)

Starring:	Matthew Perry \| Zac Efron \| Leslie Mann \| Michelle Trachtenberg \| Kaley Cuoco \| Thomas Lennon
Director:	Burr Steers
Studio:	ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO
Run time:	98 mins
Collections:	100 Most Wanted
Genres:	Comedy
Languages:	English
Released:	August 10, 2009
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About a guy whose life didn't quite turn out how he wanted it to and wishes he could go back to high school and change it. He wakes up one day and is seventeen again and gets the chance to rewrite his life.

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Time Out

The leads are charming, the comedy well judged and the script, however predictable, sure-footed, playing on notions of midlife nostalgia with grace and integrity.

Rating of 3 stars out of 5
Time Out

Updating the traditions of bodyswap comedy for teens weaned on High School Musical, this is light, forgettable...

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107 out of 108 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 5 stars
superb...............................

williamsgwynfa from , 24th June, 2008

this film is superb. The story is about popular high school senior Mike O'Donnell (played by Zac Efron) who has it all. He is a star athlete heading straight for a college scholarship, when he decides to give it all up, to settle down with his high school girlfriend Scarlet. Twenty five years later, an adult Mike (played by Matthew Perry) finds his life is not exactly what he expected. He is separated from his wife, Scarlett (played by Leslie Mann), and living with his best friend Ned Freedman (played by Thomas Lennon). His career at a pharmaceutical company is at a stand still, and his relationships with his teenage children are nonexistent. After getting passed up for yet another promotion at work, he returns to his high school to reminisce over his basketball awards, and the life he could have had. While he is reliving his past, he is approached by a janitor, and shares with him how things were so much better when he was 17. As Mike is driving home from the high school, he sees the mysterious janitor standing on the ledge preparing to jump into the Los Angeles River. Mike rushes out of his car to rescue him, but when he gets there, the janitor has vanished. What Mike doesn't realize is that he is about to fall into the river, and turn into his 17 year old self. Waht happens next.....? You will have to watch it to find out.

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14 out of 14 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 3 stars
1/2 Amazing, 1/2 So-So

A Customer from Dundee, 10th April, 2009

You can't deny that the Zac Efron/Sterling Knight/Michelle Trachtenberg part of the film is excellent teen cinema. Zac Efron plays his role excellently and shows that he has a definite future outside of High School Musical. Plus, once they are allowed Michelle Trachtenberg and Sterling Knight are both very funny. If this was the whole film i would have given 17 Again 5*. However, there is the small matter of Matthew Perry and the rest of the adult cast. Matthew Perry is quite painful to watch, he seems wholly disintrested in the film. I couldn't take the woman who played the mum seriously as she was almost identical to her character that she played in George of the Jungle; oozing ditzy. The little gay guy who was supposed to be chasing the principal was good for a few laughs but seemed a little unrealistic. The adult cast really lets down the young actors in this film. Also, the story of the film is a little dodgy in places. Michelle Trachtenberg doesn't even speak for about the first half of the film and then she disappears right after she gets her character into a hilarious groove. Also, Sterling Knight is a central character in the film but somehow seems to get sidelined by the end. The script in some respects seems to be poorly scrambled together and leaves the film feeling like a half-finished thought. Therefore, 17 Again is well worth the trip down to the cinema but be prepared to feel somewhat dissatisfied by the failings of the script and the adult cast.

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