17 Again | 
| Director: Burr Steers
Actors: Zac Efron, Matthew Perry, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon, Michelle Trachtenberg
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  79 reviews
Sales Rank: 1495
Format: Color, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 1000042668
UPC: 794043125041
EAN: 0794043125041
ASIN: B001OQCUYI
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: August 11, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | If you somehow had the chance, would you do your life over?Thirtysomething Mike O Donnell would. Then one mysteriously magicalmoment, Mike gets his chance. He s suddenly back at Hayden High wherehe s the star of the basketball team, a total hottie, and amateto his own teenage kids which gives Mike a chance to go fromnot-so-good dad to really cool friend. Zac Efron (Hairspray, the HighSchool Musica |
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Product Description
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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Zac Efron breaks free of his High School Musical legacy with 17 Again, leading a pack of fine comic actors in a body-switching comedy that freshens the genre with good ideas. Efron plays Mike, a high-school basketball star who blows a college scholarship in 1989 to marry his sweetheart. Cut to 2009, and late-30s Mike (Matthew Perry) is a sour guy passed over for a promotion and feeling estranged from that wife, Scarlett (Leslie Mann), and teen kids (Michelle Trachtenberg, Sterling Knight). Magical intervention causes Mike to turn 17 once more--albeit in the present--and tackle his failures with a fresh start. As the hot new kid in his children's high school, Mike proves a better father to them as their peer than as a man, while Scarlett sees in him everything that attracted her to her husband two decades before. Writer Jason Filardi and director Burr Steers demonstrate an imaginative and supple wit in such half-expected scenes as Mike's confrontations with a school bully and his unsuspecting daughter's flirtations with him. But it's Efron who carries some truly delicate moments and proves to be genuinely sympathetic when emotions get thick and heavy. Thomas Lennon is also entertaining as a wealthy Star Wars nerd who pretends to be Mike's father, but his slightly excessive screen time suggests the filmmakers weren't entirely sure Efron could do what needed to be done. If so, they were mistaken. --Tom Keogh
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 79
 Fun to watch February 8, 2010
MissPammy
This movie is a delightful romp with a lot to offer. Zac Efron is amazing in his part as Mike, with talent to burn. He's sweet but takes no prisoners when dealing with ruffians, and his moves on the dance floor and his agility with a basketball are equally impressive. He demonstrates his acting chops in this movie as well, going from winsome to tough to romantic and all-around likeable without ruffling a feather.
Thomas Lennon as his quirky Star Wars sidekick is hilarious and adorable. His role is more than a supporting one, as his storyline is given more space than one might expect, but it adds a lot to the movie's humor and keeps it lighter than it would be with the sometimes gritty problems that Mike faces with his children's issues and the difficulties of trying to recapture his wife's love.
Matthew Perry's part is too small to do him justice, but he fulfills it well. The movie focuses mainly on Zac Efron's part in regaining what the adult Mike, played by Perry, cannot get back on his own.
This movie is so enjoyable that you're willing to suspend disbelief when you need to. Mike's wife, for example, seeing him exactly as he looked when he was a teenager, is very slow in picking up on the fact that he IS her husband as a teenager, and she seems blandly accepting of the story concocted by Lennon's character that the young Mike is his son. Of course, the transformation from 30-year-old to 17-year-old Mike is another leap, but the movie is so engaging that you don't mind. Watching Mike get back at the bullies picking on his teen children is satisfying, and his efforts to extricate himself from sticky situations are humorous.
Anyone who ever thinks about those teen years and wishes there were a way to go back and relive them again will enjoy this movie. There's plenty of action, some tender moments, and enough craziness to keep you thoroughly entertained. It gets my vote, and I'll definitely watch it again.
GREAT MOVIE! February 1, 2010
B. LAFARY (Alexandria, VA)
I really had no desire to see this at the theatre but when I finally saw it I LOVED THIS MOVIE! It was well done and have funny parts!
GREAT Movie!!! February 1, 2010
S. Coddington (IOWA)
My daughter asked for this movie for x-mas. I'm glad we bought it for her. It's a GREAT Movie!!
surprisingly good family film January 17, 2010
Jason A. Gagnon (Cobleskill, NY USA)
I don't know what I was expecting from this movie, but I was shocked at how good this film was.
This movie is a cross between a reverse Big and It's a Wonderful Life.There are some blatant references to It's a Wonderful Life- the bridge scene that throws our protagonist back into a 17 yr old body, for instance. And thank goodness for it!
This is a movie about a man that gets to take a second look at his life, and in taking stock, is able to gain the perspective he needs to fix things. A father's view of teenage sexuality is particularly well handled.
Zac Efron handled the role capably. I wasn't expecting much of him, but he is a more than decent actor that handled an unusual role with real grace and skill.
The soundtrack is stellar- my only complaint is that the exceptional "The Underdog" by Spoon did not make the cut for the album.
Zac Efron is "dreamy"! January 17, 2010
S. Wampler (Lexington, KY)
That's what my daughter said about Zac Efron in "17 Again" and I can't argue with her! This is a great movie about what you would do if you had your life to live all over again and his hilarious friend, Ned (Thomas Lennon), makes us laugh. It's a charming, funny movie that both parents & kids alike will enjoy. And Zac is easy on the eyes :)
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