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17 Again (2009)

PG-13 | | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | 17 April 2009 (USA)
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Mike O'Donnell is ungrateful for how his life turned out. He gets a chance to rewrite his life when he tried to save a janitor near a bridge and jumped after him into a time vortex.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
... Mike O'Donnell
... Scarlet
... Ned Gold
... Mike O'Donnell (Adult)
... Ned Gold (Teen)
... Scarlet (Teen)
... Alex
... Maggie
... Dom
... Stan
Mario Cassem ... Samir
... Jamie (as Katerina Graham)
... Samantha
... Lauren
... Principal Jane Masterson
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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. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com

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school | high school | friend | basketball | body transformation | See All (104) »

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Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language, some sexual material and teen partying | See all certifications »

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Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$23,722,310, 19 April 2009, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$64,167,069, 6 August 2009

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$136,267,476, 6 August 2009
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Trivia

Stars Melora Hardin, whose other movie Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009) opened a week later in U.S. theaters. Both movies were top-billed by Disney Channel stars, Zac Efron for this movie, Miley Cyrus for the latter. They both appeared in High School Musical 2 (2007) where Efron was the lead and Cyrus had a five-second cameo. See more »

Goofs

During Mike's slapfest, given by Scarlet, Maggie and her three friends, when the blonde slaps him she turns toward her left to walk away, but in the next shot facing Mike she turns to her right to walk away. Maggie did the same thing, but the opposite way. See more »

Quotes

Ned Freedman: You look like a douche.
Mike O'Donnell: I do not look like a *douche*.
Guy from School: [in background referring to Mike O'Donnell] What a douche.
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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. See more »

Connections

Spoofs Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) See more »

Soundtracks

Danger Zone
Written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock (as Thomas Whitlock)
Performed by Kenny Loggins
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is "17 Again" based on a book?
Q: Is this a remake of "Seventeen Again"?
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Pleasantly Surprised
22 April 2009 | by – See all my reviews

The storyline was very well done and enjoyable. I was pleasantly surprised at this movie. Keep an open mind and you will enjoy the movie.

Zac Efron did a really decent acting job. I honestly thought it would be High School Musical-like but it turned out to be a nice movie to watch. If he keeps up the good work and takes it to the next level, he can really be an A level quality star. Zac is no Matthew Macfadden yet but there is potential.

There are two recasts I would have done. Matthew Perry wasn't fully right for this role. He has a comedic bent but it wasn't used at all in this movie - hence a total waste and was a mismatch from a character perspective. I think John Stamos would have been better. Also Michelle Trachtenberg playing the teenager was a bit much. Trachtenberg is a solid actress but for a teenager, a different actress would have been better.

It is a very nice movie and I usually rate a movie on whether it's worth paying full price, matinée, video store, Netflix or don't bother. The movie was worth paying full price.
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