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Product Details

Synopsis: Mike is given another chance to fix his life when he is miraculously transformed back to the age of 17. Unfortunately, his thirtysomething outlook is totally uncool among the class of 2009.

Starring: Michelle Trachtenberg, Matthew Perry

Supporting actors: Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon, Sterling Knight, Melora Hardin, Zac Efron

Directed by: Burr Steers

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes

Release year: 2009

Studio: Warner Bros.

MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for language, some sexual material and teen partying.

ASIN: B002L56TFM

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Format: Amazon Video on Demand (streaming online video and digital download)

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17 Again DVD ~ Zac Efron

4.1 out of 5 stars (93) $9.49

Theatrical Release Information

US Theatrical Release Date: April 17, 2009
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for language, some sexual material and teen partying.
Production Company: Offspring Entertainment
Also Known As: Seventeen / Untitled Zac Efron Project
Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA | Santa Monica High School - 601 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, California, USA | Santa Monica, California, USA

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Zac Efron delivers..., April 19, 2009

By	Anthony Manno (Mt. Prospect, IL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Mike O'Donnell is the star basketball player in 1989. He has a big chance of receiving a major scholarship--this all changes the night of the game.

Twenty years later, Mike is living with his best friend Ned. His wife has filed for divorce. Mike goes to pick his children up from school and runs into a strange (mostly unexplained) janitor who asks him if he would like to be seventeen all over again.

Later that night, Mike falls into a watery vortex and is seventeen again, but he is not reliving his senior year in 1989...but right now in 2009.

The movie is a little hard to follow at times, and the ending is rushed--and some viewers will question how this resolution was reached based on a few scenes. But just go with it.

Zac Efron proves that he is more than "High School Musical" material. The young actor delivers his lines in a way that makes you believe that he is both 17 and 37.

Parents note that this movie is rated PG-13. It contains fighting, sexual references, teenage drinking, and some language.

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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cute, April 20, 2009

By	LK - See all my reviews

This was a pretty fun movie to watch. I like this particular type of story, so I knew going in that I'd have some fun with it.

Zac Efron is actually a decent actor, and he was far less orange in this movie than he typically is.

He had great chemistry with his costars, played the displaced middle aged guy pretty well, handled the fatherly vibe with his son and daughter in a believeable fashion.
My problems with the movie include:

1) Matthew Perry and Zac Efron look nothing alike. I'm 26 years out of high school and while I don't look 17, I still look like my younger self.
Maybe David Cassidy should have been chosen for the older role, but then they would have had to go for a much older 'older role' which would have made the wife/kid attraction seriously creepy.

2) The mom hardly EVER interacted with her kids. She had some interaction/fondness for her son, but almost none with her daughter. When the daughter and mother were together in scenes it was if they didn't know each other. The daughter is dating a very inappropriate guy who behaves abusively to the son in their own house and neither parent was aware?

Overall, fun movie to watch. Could have been far better if the writers had bothered to script a better plot. Lack of back story on the characters made it hard to really understand the wife's rage, or the children's complete dismissal of the father.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Cute but predictable, April 28, 2009

By	E. M. Bristol "bibliophile" (boston, mass) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)

Plot: If you've seen any body switch/time switch movie, you'll be able to predict what happens down to the last scene. Maybe even if you haven't.

10 Lessons I Learned From 17 Again
1. Scriptwriters seemed to have run out of ideas, so eighties movie plots are being recycled. I noticed this watching the trailers, too. People my age are in need of being taught life lessons that we didn't learn the first time around, so we're going back to the future. (Note to future directors: Stop. Stop already, please. Or if you do so, use lots of irony. Just a suggestion. "Back to the Future" had a lot of in jokes, but "17 Again" squanders many chances to be funny.)
2. If you were alive in the eighties, you'll recognize quite a few recycled scenes including ones from "Back to the Future," "Just One of the Guys," and the original "17 Again." Presumably the switch in age was so there could be a college application storyline. However, if you do the math, they've done some time fudging here. That's the second thing you'll notice. The first is the seeming miracle of Zac Efron turning into Matthew Perry.
3.Taking responsibility for one's actions as a teen will make you extremely miserable in the future. The best thing to do is put yourself and your needs first.
4. When you're in high school, everything seems like the end of the world. But you're really just beginning your life. Actually, I learned this one already, but it's a good message anyway.
5. Hitting on your friend's mom is no longer considered cool, at least in the Disneyverse.
6. You need to keep exercising and eating right after high school, or you'll lose your youthful physique and no longer be as attractive to the opposite sex.
7. If you go back to high school, it helps to have perfectly coiffed adorably floppy hair, nice cheekbones and unlimited access to your dad's credit card.
8. There are at least two other options to two teens having a child of their own, but this film acts like they don't exist.
9. Elvish can bring two unlikely souls together, one of whom keeps swearing that she'll never date the other.
10. Beware of elderly janitors who seem to know everything about you. They may be your spirit guides. Really.

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