17 Again (2009)

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.

Director:

Burr Steers

Writer:

Jason Filardi

Stars:

Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon

3 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Zac Efron	...	Mike O'Donnell
Leslie Mann	...	Scarlet
Thomas Lennon	...	Ned Gold
Matthew Perry	...	Mike O'Donnell (Adult)
Tyler Steelman	...	Ned Gold (Teen)
Allison Miller	...	Scarlet (Teen)
Sterling Knight	...	Alex
Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Maggie
Adam Gregory	...	Dom
Hunter Parrish	...	Stan
Mario Cassem	...	Samir
Kat Graham	...	Jamie (as Katerina Graham)
Tiya Sircar	...	Samantha
Melissa Ordway	...	Lauren
Melora Hardin	...	Principal Jane Masterson

Storyline

At 17 Mike O'Donnell is on top of the world: he's the star of his high school basketball team, is a shoo-in for a college scholarship, and is dating his soul-mate, Scarlet. But at what's supposed to be his big game where a college scout is checking him out, Scarlet reveals that she's pregnant. Mike decides to leave the game and asks Scarlet to marry him, which she does. During their marriage, Mike can only whine about the life he lost because he married her, so she throws him out. When he also loses his job, he returns to the only place he's happy at, his old high school. While looking at his high school photo, a janitor asks him if he wishes he could be 17 again and he says yes. One night while driving he sees the janitor on a bridge ready to jump, and goes after him. When he returns to his friend Ned's house, where he has been staying, he sees that he is 17 again. He decides to take this opportunity to get the life he lost.

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Plot Keywords:

high school | school | janitor | bridge | basketball | 

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Taglines:

Who says you're only young once?

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language, some sexual material and teen partying

Details

Official Sites:

New Line [United States] Official site [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 April 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Seventeen

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$23,722,310 (USA) (17 April 2009)

Gross:

$64,149,837 (USA) (31 July 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Offspring Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In one scene, Mike wakes up and begins describing his "dream" of being in high school again only to find his daughter, Maggie, caring for him. This is an homage to the counterpart scene in Back to the Future in which Marty McFly wakes up and finds his teen-aged mother caring for him.

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Goofs

At the beginning when the 1989 basketball team photo is being taken, Ned has his sweater on by one sleeve then at the next moment it's on by both sleeves, in the next shot only one sleeve is on.

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Quotes

Ned Gold: [looks at mike's clothes] What are you wearing?
Mike O' Donnell: This is cool. This is hip. There's a picture of Kevin Federline wearing the exact same thing. What are you wearing? You're supposed to show up like a dad, you look like Clay Aiken
Ned Gold: Leave him out of this.

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Crazy Credits

The closing credits include photos of most of the main cast and crew when they were actually 17-years-old.

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Connections

Featured in Going Back to 17 (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Naïve"
Written by Luke Pritchard
Performed by The Kooks
Courtesy of Virgin Records Ltd./Astralwerks
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music

User Reviews

It made me laugh to the Brim!

17 Again was nothing I expected. The trigger that made me actually go and watch it in the Cinema was the fact that the jokes shown on the trailers were hilarious. The film was better.

I was laughing so much, that I missed in between dialogue by some of the characters and it was the perfect film to help you unwind after doing a days worth of work or revision.

When the opening scene started, I was so worried that the whole film was going to turn out as some kind of adaptation of high school musical and there'd be a song every 15 minutes. But it wasn't the case.

This Movie really proved that Efron is not an Amateur who just dances and sings a lot. It proved he is a skilled Actor and his acting brought back memories of Chandler in Friends. In some places, he seemed so much like Matthew Perry which is difficult to pull off for most Amateur actors.

The only reason I didn't give this movie a 10 out of 10 is because some people I watched this movie with believed it had an 'abrupt ending' but I thought you can't have too much of a good thing.