Boy, this movie is alllllll over the place. There were parts where I was wondering if I could stand to sit through the extended scenes of unadulterated cheese (many of which were involving the film's star, Zac Efron), but there were a lot of moments that were pronouncedly funny (many of which involved the film's star, Zac Efron). I had originally decided to watch the film based on a lot of people telling me that it had been much better than they had anticipated. This it was, but it didn't have the amazingness quotient that a movie like Easy A did. Also, Zac Efron's a hottie.
What we have in 17 Again, for those of you unfamiliar with the premise, is sort of a backwards 13 Going On 30 where the main character (portrayed by Matthew Perry in the "adult years", which is a really smart part of the movie, as it were) gets a chance to put his life back in order when he gets to "replay" his senior year in high school. At first, he thinks he has this chance to prove his talents on the basketball court, but he comes to the realization that, instead, he needs to make sure his children make good choices in high school. Or something like that.
It's not the best movie of its genre, but it certainly is much more palatable than many others of its ilk. Zac Efron is pretty and pretty good, Leslie Mann (who I just saw in I Love You Phillip Morris) is beautiful and charming as Perry's ex-wife, and again we get Michelle Trachtenberg as a high school student (see also Eurotrip) who is dating the douchebaggy Silas Botwin of Weeds.
Score: 7/10
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