17 Again (2009)

Director:

Burr Steers

Writer (WGA):

Jason Filardi (written by)

Release Date:

17 April 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

Who says you're only young once?

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

High School | School | Janitor | Bridge | Basketball

Awards:

3 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

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
Brian Doyle-Murray	...	Janitor
Josie Loren	...	Nicole
Jim Gaffigan	...	Coach Murphy
Randy Gordon	...	Photographer
Collette Wolfe	...	Wendy
Tommy Dewey	...	Roger
Linda Miller	...	Female Janitor
Lorna Scott	...	Secretary
Kodi Kitchen	...	Hostess
Ellis Williams	...	Bailiff (as Ellis E. Williams)
Diana Maria Riva	...	Judge
Jeff Snyder	...	Waiter
Antonio Lewis Todd	...	Referee (1989)
Angee Hughes	...	Waitress
Ed Ackerman	...	School Cop
Will Schaub	...	Referee
Loren Lester	...	Mike's Lawyer
Alexander George	...	Kid in Hallway (as Alexander Goschin)
Nicole Sullivan	...	Naomi
Margaret Cho	...	Mrs. Dell
Larry Poindexter	...	Dean
Bubba Lewis	...	Dorky Kid (Ned's Party)
Chris Valenti	...	Syracuse Scout (1989)
G. Lane Hillman	...	Kevin (1989)
Hope Riley	...	Girl (Wyatt)
Jeanine Jackson	...	Scarlet's Lawyer
Gregory Sporleder	...	Ohio Scout
Keith Oney	...	Guy in Crowd
Leonard Wu	...	Kid (Office)
Liana Blackburn	...	Cheerleader (1989)
Lindsay Taylor	...	Cheerleader (1989)
Danielle E. Hawkins	...	Cheerleader (1989)
Shelby Rabara	...	Cheerleader (1989)
Katrina Norman	...	Cheerleader (1989)
Tiana Brown	...	Cheerleader (1989)
Rhapsody	...	Cheerleader (1989) (as Rhapsody Violetti)
Taisha Monique Clark	...	Cheerleader (1989)
Vanessa Lee Chester	...	Cheerleader (as Vanessa Chester)
Amber Estrada	...	Cheerleader
Chanel Malvar	...	Cheerleader (as Chanel 'Coco' Malvar)
Galen Hooks	...	Cheerleader
Tyne Stecklein	...	Cheerleader
Kiara Nicole Ely	...	Cheerleader (as Kiara Ely)
Mihran Kirakosian	...	Cheerleader
Dres Reid	...	Cheerleader
Terrance Harrison	...	Mascot
Rachele Brooke Smith	...	Hammer Dancer
Christopher Scott	...	Hammer Dancer
Eric McCoy	...	Hammer Dancer
Raymond Chacon	...	Jazz
Megan Galiber	...	Girl #2
Renee Krieg	...	ROTC Leader
Jordan Schatz	...	Mr. Adams
Jaclyn Matfus	...	Party Girl
Justin C. Todd	...	Football Player
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Daniel Bateman	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Michael Bretten	...	Partying Student in Pool (uncredited)
Joshua Carver	...	Hayden Basketball Player #3 (uncredited)
Jason Castle	...	Party Guy (uncredited)
David Cohen	...	Parent of Basket Player (uncredited)
Hugh Douglas	...	Angry Kid at Party (uncredited)
Albert Blake Fernandez	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Jesse Heiman	...	Mascot (uncredited)
Brandon G. Holley	...	Party Guy (uncredited)
Benjamin David Howard	...	Basketball Player #42 (uncredited)
Micah J. Jones	...	Basketball Teammate (1989) (uncredited)
Erica LaRose	...	Teen girl (uncredited)
Rashaud Love	...	Hammer Dancer (uncredited)
Darin Maddox	...	Stan's Posse (uncredited)
Paul McGee	...	Basketball Teammate '85 Team (uncredited)
Leo Montiel	...	Football Jock (uncredited)
Lucas Mroczkowski	...	Bowling Alley Party Guy (uncredited)
Alan Mueting	...	School Administrator (uncredited)
Jonathan W.D. Newkerk	...	Student Making Fun of Mike (uncredited)
Kate Ociepka	...	Student in Classroom (uncredited)
Martin Pierron	...	Punk Student (uncredited)
Leonard Jonathan Ruebe	...	High School Student (uncredited)
Sagine	...	Party Girl (uncredited)
Justin Sandler	...	Goth Bully (uncredited)
Jacob Saylor	...	Basketball Player (uncredited)
Laura Siegel	...	High School Student (uncredited)
David M. Tran	...	Party Guy (uncredited)
Jobeth Wagner	...	Punk Student (uncredited)
Maria Zambrana	...	Basketball Game Patron (uncredited)

Directed by
Burr Steers

Writing credits (WGA)
Jason Filardi		(written by)

Produced by
Jason Barrett	....	executive producer
Toby Emmerich	....	executive producer
Jennifer Gibgot	....	producer
Keith Goldberg	....	executive producer
Mark Kaufman	....	executive producer
Adam Shankman	....	producer
Dara Weintraub	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Rolfe Kent

Cinematography by
Tim Suhrstedt

Film Editing by
Padraic McKinley

Casting by
Lisa Beach
Sarah Katzman

Production Design by
Garreth Stover

Art Direction by
Tom Reta

Set Decoration by
Natalie Pope		(as Natali Kendrick Pope)

Costume Design by
Pamela Withers		(as Pamela Withers-Chilton)

Makeup Department
Donna J. Anderson	....	hairdresser
Cheryl Eckert	....	hair stylist
Kim M. Ferry	....	hair stylist
Kimberly Greene	....	makeup department head
Amy Harmon	....	makeup artist
Heather Koontz	....	makeup artist
Marie Larkin	....	key hair stylist
Amy Lederman	....	makeup artist
Edward Morrison	....	hair stylist
Rita Troy	....	additional hair stylist
Erin Wooldridge	....	key makeup artist
Melissa A. Yonkey	....	hair department head

Production Management
Gina Fortunato	....	production supervisor
Erik Holmberg	....	executive in charge of production
Frank Salvino	....	post-production supervisor
Dara Weintraub	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Efrain Cortes	....	additional second assistant director
Peter Dress	....	second second assistant director
Adam Ben Frank	....	additional second second assistant director
Jessica Lowrey	....	second second assistant director
David Mendoza	....	second second assistant director
Lisa M. Rowe	....	second assistant director
Lisa C. Satriano	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Alan Alvarado	....	propmaker
Jeff Barnett	....	assistant property master
Tom Benardello	....	paint foreman
Michael R. Blaich	....	paint supervisor
Chris Brewster	....	set dresser
Allen Brostowicz	....	additional set dresser
Lorrie Campbell	....	set designer
Randy L. Childs	....	propmaker gangboss
Skip Crank	....	props
Monica Fedrick	....	graphic designer
Neil Garland	....	propmaker gangboss
Edward A. Giron	....	labor foreman
Greg Gootsan	....	assistant property master
Darryl Henley	....	storyboard artist
Karen Higgins	....	construction coordinator
Mats Holmberg	....	propmaker
Gary Isbell	....	leadman
Steven Kissick	....	general foreman
Jennifer Moller	....	art department coordinator
Charlie Nicholson	....	on-set dresser (as Charles E. Nicholson)
Roger Prater	....	stand-by greens foreman
Jenny Quam	....	art department assistant
Kim Richey	....	assistant property master
Shane Sankey	....	construction production assistant
Ronald F. Savini Jr.	....	plaster foreman (as Ron Savini)
Fred Seibly	....	signwriter
Michelle Spears	....	property master
Casey Stoll	....	painter
Robert Stover	....	buyer
Brian Tipton	....	shop foreman
Brett Tyler	....	painter
Steven Valenzuela	....	toolman
Jason Vanover	....	master greensman
Liz Wilson	....	additional set dresser
Doug Anderson	....	on-set plasterer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Kyle Billingsley	....	foley mixer
Barney Cabral	....	adr editor
Rick Canelli	....	adr recordist
Sanaa Cannella	....	foley artist
Steve Cantamessa	....	sound mixer
Mark DeSimone	....	adr mixer: New York
Laura R. Harris	....	dialogue editor
Frederick Howard	....	sound effects editor
Kaspar Hugentobler	....	re-recording recordist
Thomas Jones	....	dialogue & adr editor
Michael Keller	....	sound re-recording mixer
Scott La Rue	....	boom operator
Kimaree Long	....	dialogue editor
Cynthia Merrill	....	foley artist
Nick Neutra	....	foley supervisor
Beauxregard Neylon	....	adr mixer
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer
Perry Robertson	....	supervising sound editor
John Ross	....	sound re-recording mixer
Scott Sanders	....	supervising sound designer
Peter Staubli	....	sound effects editor
Bruce Tanis	....	sound effects editor
Gary Thomas	....	boom operator
Hugh Waddell	....	supervising sound editor
Kevin Zimmerman	....	first assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Donald Myers	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Jennifer Avery	....	visual effects coordinator
Alison Middaugh Barger	....	digital effects artist: R!ot (as Alison Middaugh)
Andy Barrios	....	sequence supervisor
David Beedon	....	digital effects artist
Kelly Bumbarger	....	digital effects supervisor: Riot
Del DePierro	....	digital integration lead
Mark Edwards	....	visual effects producer: R!OT
Lindsay Hallett	....	visual effects executive producer: R!OT (as Lindsay Burnett)
David Jones	....	visual effects supervisor: R!OT
Chris LeDoux	....	digital compositor: R!OT
Sean Looper	....	pipeline architect: R!OT
Philippe Majdalani	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
Marla Neto	....	visual effects production assistant: R!OT
Hiroyuki Okubo	....	visual effects artist
Michael Ross-Lang	....	digital compositor
Cat Rowe	....	digital colorist assist
Michael Taylor	....	production executive: RIOT
Matt von Brock	....	digital artist
Shane Christopher Wicklund	....	digital compositor: R!OT
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)
Shuichi Suzuki	....	cg modeler (uncredited)

Stunts
Alina Andrei	....	stunt actor
Dan Bell	....	stunt double: Brian Doyle
Matt Berberi	....	stunts
Austen Brewer	....	stunts
Dan Brown	....	stunt double: Hunter Parrish
Mark Chadwick	....	stunts
Geo Corvera	....	stunts
Mihai Danciu	....	stunt coordinator
Zack Duhame	....	stunt driver
Kris Edwards	....	stunt driver
Katie Eischen	....	stunt performer
Tom Elliott	....	stunts
Jeremy Fry	....	stunt driver
Cody Gill	....	stunt double
Jim Hart	....	stunts (as Jimmy Hart)
Logan Holladay	....	stunt performer
Terry James	....	stunt driver
Craig Jensen	....	utility stunts
Robert Jones	....	utility stunts
Steve Kelso	....	stunt double driver
Mandy Kowalski	....	stunts
Jimmy Labrie	....	stunts
Dan McCann	....	stunts
Mark McDaniels	....	stunts
Adam James Miller	....	stunt performer
Kai Nuuhiwa	....	utility stunts
Michael Owen	....	stunt driver
Jeff Podgurski	....	stunt driver
Dennis Scott	....	stunts (as Dennis R. Scott)
Ray Siegle	....	stunt driver
Lincoln Simonds	....	stunt double: Mathew Perry
Jake Swallow	....	stunt performer
Ator Tamras	....	utility stunts
Steve Tartalia	....	stunt double: Mathew Perry
Tyler Vogt	....	stunt performer
Webster P. Whinery Jr.	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Webster Whinery	....	stunt coordinator
Stuart F. Wilson	....	utility stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Pete Asidilla	....	grip
Matt Bardocz	....	best boy electric
Paul Birk	....	rigging chief lighting technician
Clint Borden	....	best boy grip (as Clint Jack Borden)
Ethan Brannon	....	rigging grip
Robert Castillo Jr.	....	rigging electrician
Eduard Chugunov	....	camera pa
Hector Corona	....	set lighting technician (as Hector J. Corona)
Sean Patrick Crowell	....	key rigging grip
Nathan Crum	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Theda Cunningham	....	first assistant camera (as Theda Streetman)
Michael Duarte	....	grip
Don Duffield	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Michael Enriquez	....	rigging grip
Jonathan Fischer	....	grip
Alex Fleming	....	camera production assistant
Carlos M. Gallardo	....	dolly grip: "a" camera
Paul Goodstein	....	key grip
Jeffrey Greeley	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Jesse Gregson	....	rigging electrician
Jose H. Huete	....	rigging electrician
Chris W. Johnson	....	Steadicam operator
Chris W. Johnson	....	camera operator: "b" camera
John Koth	....	best boy rigging grip
Paul Lohr	....	rigging electrician
Dwayne Lyon	....	rigging assistant chief lighting technician
W. Ted Mayer	....	rigging grip (as William Ted Mayer)
Paul McIlvaine	....	gaffer
Graham McPherson	....	rigging grip
Alan Morier	....	set lighting technician
Michelle Pizanis	....	camera loader
Steve Rollins	....	set lighting technician
Paul Sanchez	....	additional camera operator
David Schmalz	....	video assist operator
Derek Smith	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Josh Stancil	....	rigger
Calvin Starnes	....	rigging grip
Luke Bird Stern	....	second assistant camera
Al Stewart	....	rigging grip
Jason Young	....	set lighting technician
Thomas Young	....	second assistant camera
Chuck Zlotnick	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Charla Bowersox	....	casting associate
Beth Lipari	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tiana Aiello	....	costumer
Alyssa Kim	....	set costumer
Michelle Kurpaska	....	costume supervisor
Marylou Lim	....	set costumer
Ann Miller	....	costumer
Jason M. Moore	....	costumer
Valerie T. O'Brien	....	costumer
Jennifer Starzyk	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Rick J. Brown	....	co-colorist (as Rick Brown)
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Banner Gwin	....	first assistant editor
Jason Joseph	....	first assistant editor
John Potter	....	high definition preview timer
Matthew Woolley	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Tony Blondal	....	orchestrator
Richard Bronskill	....	orchestrator
Paul Broucek	....	executive in charge of music: New Line
Stephen Coleman	....	additional orchestrator
Buck Damon	....	music supervisor
Audrey DeRoche	....	score supervisor
Ross DeRoche	....	music preparation
Rolfe Kent	....	conductor
Janet Ketchum	....	orchestra contractor
Padraic McKinley	....	musician
Massimo Ruberto	....	music editor
Erin Scully	....	music executive
Skywalker Symphony Orchestra	....	orchestra
Alistair South	....	music assistant
Nick South	....	music editor
Greg Townley	....	scoring mixer

Transportation Department
Rupert Cole	....	transportation dispatcher
Eric Compton	....	driver
Ken Day	....	driver
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Dave Haldeman	....	driver
Margo Hunt	....	driver
John Orlebeck	....	transportation coordinator
John Siedenburg	....	transportation
Hector Solano	....	driver
John F. Teeple	....	driver

Other crew
Sam Alvelo	....	additional set production assistant
Jimmy Badstibner	....	assistant: Mr. Shankman (as Jim Badstibner)
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Lucie Bourgeau	....	production secretary
Jody Braun	....	assistant: Mr. Steers
Lisa Breitman	....	adr voice
J.M. Brown	....	assistant production office coordinator
Kris Bunting	....	assistant location manager
Meghan Burchfield	....	additional set production assistant
Christopher Ciketic	....	assistant accountant
Kyle Cooper	....	title sequence: executive producer
Leon Dudevoir	....	production executive
Angie Edgar	....	assistant: Mr. Barrett
Ryan Faust	....	additional second assistant accountant
Kristi Frankenheimer	....	location manager
Damiano Fusca	....	production assistant
Megan Galiber	....	accounting assistant
Matthew J. Gannon	....	additional set production assistant
Steve Gehrke	....	script supervisor
Mark Hochman	....	computer/video playback engineer
Galen Hooks	....	choreographer
Jeff Hunt	....	production assistant
Colette Kadrnka-Abramson	....	production attorney
Adam Knapp	....	body double
Sunja Knapp	....	assistant: Mr. Shankman
Kristofer Kolpek	....	set production assistant
John C. Kruize	....	production accountant
Tom Kuljurgis	....	assistant to Ms. Gibgot
Kelly Lane	....	additional set production assistant
Bao-Uy Luu	....	graphic artist: intro
Nathan Maruccio	....	assistant layout board technician
Allison Meadows	....	set production assistant
Aaron Millar	....	location scout
Gunnar Moulton	....	production assistant
Travis Nicols	....	production assistant
Justin Nordin	....	production office assistant
Rodolfo Ornelas	....	production assistant
Scott Parker	....	post-production accountant
Laura Petersen	....	assistant: Mr. Weintraub (as Laura Ushijima)
Ryan Robertson	....	main title producer
John Semedik	....	first assistant accountant
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Michael Shanahan	....	assistant location manager
Ivan Siebel	....	assistant location manager
Michael Simkin	....	assistant: Mr. Steers
Deborah Simmrin	....	unit publicist
Jamal Sims	....	choreographer
Joe Steele	....	production resources
Jeffrey D. Stevens	....	key set medic
M. Ryan Traylor	....	set production assistant
Lisa Vijitchanton	....	production coordinator
Leslie Wahrenbrock	....	payroll accountant
Kelly Wheeler	....	assistant to cast
Rick Whitfield	....	computer/video playback engineer
Josh Wood	....	production executive
Jennifer Yee	....	credits administrator
Travis Quentin Young	....	adr voice
Michael Zamboni	....	key location scout

Thanks
Josh Wood	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• New Line Cinema (presents)
• Offspring Entertainment

Distributors

• New Line Cinema (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Alliance Films (2009) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Continental Film (2009) (Slovakia) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Forum Cinemas (2009) (Estonia) (theatrical)
• Forum Cinemas (2009) (Latvia) (theatrical)
• Garsu Pasaulio Irasai (2009) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Eagle Pictures (2009) (Italy) (all media)
• FS Film Oy (2009) (Finland) (all media)
• Film1 (2010) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company (2009) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Magic Box (2009) (Czech Republic) (DVD)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2009) (France) (all media)
• Nu Metro Productions (2009) (South Africa) (all media)
• PlayArte Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• RTL Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2009) (Sweden) (all media)
• TriPictures (2009) (Spain) (all media)
• Village Films (2009) (Greece) (all media)
• Warner Bros. (2009) (Japan) (all media)
• Warner Bros. (2009) (Singapore) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Riot (visual effects)
• Community of Science and Arts Visual Effects (additional visual effects)
• CIS Hollywood (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• EarCandy  sound post-production
• 424  sound re-recording
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chef Robért Catering  catering
• Conway Recording Studios  score mixed at (as Conway Studios)
• Decca Records  soundtrack
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Ear Candy Post  post-production sound services
• Electronic Arts (EA)  thanks (as EA Sports)
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Good Grip  grip equipment
• J.L. Fisher  camera dollies
• Lucasfilm  thanks
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• New Line Records  soundtrack
• Paskal Lighting  lighting
• Post Creations  foley recorded at
• Prologue Films  main and end titles
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  junxion box rentals
• Servicevision US  camera dollies
• Sessions Payroll Management  extras payroll services
• Skywalker Sound  music recorded at
• Skywalker Symphony Orchestra  music performed by
• Soundtrack  ADR facility

Also Known As:

"Seventeen Again" - Japan (English title)

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44550) | Australia:PG | Ireland:12A | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Netherlands:6 | France:U | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Sweden:Btl | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Iceland:L | Norway:7 | Mexico:B | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:o.Al. | New Zealand:PG | South Korea:15 | Taiwan:GP | South Africa:10M | Denmark:A | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-7 | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Malaysia:PG-13 | Brazil:10 (re-rating on appeal) | Spain:13

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

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.

Goofs:

Continuity: Before young Mike makes his sandwich, he takes a stick of some sort of food and easy cheese out of the fridge. The camera is behind Mike when he starts spraying the cheese but you can clearly see that the yellow wrapper is still on the food. The shot changes to face Mike as he finishes spraying the cheese but the food wrapper is gone. Later when the shot returns to Mike, the food is back in the wrapper.

Quotes:

Maggie O'Donnell:Why are you dating him? He's bullying your brother
Maggie O'Donnell:Who are you, my father?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "20 to 1: Hollywood's Hot List (#8.14)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

This is Love

Zac Efron, a good actor? Who knew?!

As we've seen many movies like this before: Big, 13 Going on 30, and Freaky Friday, we always love to see the retelling of the old classic story of the switching age. Since the story has been used so much, a director can only do so much to just do the best they can with, Burr Steers pulls 17 Again out with great laughs and good fun. I'm going to get this out, I am one of the rare girls that just doesn't get the whole Zac Efron heart throb thing, I agree that he's cute, but with mainly High School Musical only being his claim to fame other than Hairspray, he is adorable, but can he act? Surprisingly… he can. I can't believe I'm saying this, he was actually a good strong lead role and a perfect fit, he has charisma, he's funny, charming and makes this story worth your time and money.

In 1989, Michael O'Donnell was a star athlete with a full college scholarship imminent. He seemingly had it all, when, right before the championship game, his girlfriend Scarlett informed him she was pregnant. In that moment, he made the decision to throw everything away and proposed to her. Twenty years later, Mike's life isn't exactly what he expected it to be. Scarlett wants a divorce from him, forcing him to move in with his geeky millionaire best friend Ned, his job is going nowhere, and his kids Maggie and Alex want nothing to do with him. While paying a visit to Hayden High School to reminisce about the life he threw away, he encounters a strange beardy janitor, who I still swear is Bob Haskins. On the way home, is magically transformed back into his 17-year old self. With Ned posing as his father, he re-enrolls in high school, believing he has been given the chance to have his life over again, "but to do it right". However, he then discovers that his daughter is dating the basketball captain Stan, who is bullying his son. He realizes that his real mission is to help his children as well as finding out that maybe his decision wasn't the worst he ever made in his life.

We go a little Back to the Future-esquire when we get on the creepy level of Michelle Trachtenberg having a crush on Zac Efron who is her father, just that she can't recognize him, it's understanding, but still makes you squirm, but the director and actors pulled the scene off pretty well with getting out of that yucky situation. There is one continuity error: if Mike and his girl got pregnant at the age of 17... 20 years later, yet both their kids are still in high school, the oldest child would only be a maximum of 18. A plot hole: seriously, besides the wife, no one at all recognizes Mike? But I'm over thinking the movie too much at this point, it's just a fun movie with decent performances, I just need to let go of silly mistakes. So I would recommend this movie if you get the chance to see it, but I'd say more of a matinée vs. a full price ticket, it has some good laughs and was a great update of the "What if you could go back?" story.

7/10