17 Again 2009 Zac Efron
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Zac Efron grows up as Matt Perry, tries over again; or, Zac to the Future
Mike O'Donnell'due south wife wants a divorce, his kids are remote, he didn't get the task promotion he expected, and everything else in his life has gone incorrect since that magic year when he was 17, a basketball star, in love, and looked like Zac Efron instead of Matthew Perry. He'south obviously a case for handling past a Body Swap Motion picture.
Revisiting the trophy instance at his old high schoolhouse, Mike encounters a janitor who, from the way he smiles at the camera, knows things across this mortal coil. If but Mike could go back to 17 and non make all the same mistakes. In "17 Again," he can. He falls into a Twilight Zone vortex and emerges as Zac Efron. They say be conscientious what you wish for, because yous might get it. Mike should have been more than specific. Instead of wishing to exist 17 again, he should have wished to become dorsum 20 years in time.
Yep, he becomes himself trapped within his own 17-yr-old torso. Same wife, same kids, same bug. As Old Mike getting divorced, he'd moved in with his best friend, Ned (Thomas Lennon), and at present he throws himself on Ned's mercy: Volition Ned pose as his father, so Immature Mike tin be his son and help out his kids by enrolling in the same high schoolhouse once more? Ned, who is a software millionaire and middle-historic period fanboy, agrees, especially later he falls helplessly in love with the high school principal, Jane (Melora Hardin).
Young Mike becomes the new best friend of his insecure son, Alex (Sterling Knight). Then he meets Alex's mom, Scarlet (Leslie Isle of man), who, of course, before the vortex was his wife, and before that his high schoolhouse helpmate (Allison Miller). She thinks it's strange that he looks exactly similar the male child she married at 17. He explains he is the son of an uncle, who I approximate would take to be Sometime Mike's blood brother, so it's curious Old Scarlet never met him, but if she doesn't ask that, why should I?
In high school, Immature Mike once more becomes a basketball star, befriends Alex, and attempts to defend his Gothish daughter, Maggie (Michelle Trachtenberg), against the predations of her jerk boyfriend, who every bit a hot-rodding jock traveling with a posse is, of course, the terminal guy in school who would appointment, or be dated past, a moody girl who wears black.
I've seen Trunk Switches before (Tom Hanks in "Big"). The offset act of this moving picture seemed all retread. Then it started to dig in. In that location are twin romances; as Shakespeare demonstrated, one must be serious and the other farcical. Young Mike is all the same seriously in love with his wife, Old Scarlet, and she is powerfully attracted to this male child who's a double for her first dearest. She thinks that'due south wrong. He knows it isn't but how can he explain?
Meanwhile, all-time buddy Ned courts Primary Masterson, who for the get-go time in his life has Taught Him What Beloved Means. Earlier her, ecstasy was owning Darth Vader'southward costume. I volition non describe what happens the first time they go out to dinner, except to say that it's comic genius, perfectly played by Melora Hardin and Thomas Lennon.
I attended a screening held by a radio station, which attracted mainly teenage girls who left their boyfriends behind. When Zac Efron took off his T-shirt, the four in front of me squealed equally if there were buzzers in their seats. Now that he's a little older, Efron has a Tom Cruiseish charm, and a lot of confidence. Why Matthew Perry was cast as his developed self is difficult to effigy; does your head modify its shape in 20 years?
"17 Once more" is pleasant, harmless PG-13 amusement, with a plot a piddling more than surprising and acting a footling better than I expected. Mike is dispatched into that vortex by the disguised old janitor with a delighted smile. The janitor (Brian Doyle-Murray) is quite a convenience, supplying vortexes when needed. If his smile reminds you of anyone, he's played by Neb Murray's brother.
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert was the moving-picture show critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.
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17 Again (2009)
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