17+again

Rachel I. April 8,2010 P.1 

=**//__17 again Movie Review__//**=

Studio: New Line Cinema (Warner Bros. Pictures) Director: Burr Steers Main Character: Zac Efron-17 year old Mike Second Character: Matthew Perry-Adult Mike Third Character: Leslie Mann-Adult Scarlett Actors: Zac Efron, Matthew Perry, LeslieMann Length: 102 minutes Suggested Ages: 13 and up Reviewed by: Rachel I.

**Synopsis:**
====In this comedy, Zac Efron plays a man named Mike O’Donnell. Mike had his whole basketball career ahead of him. A full scholarship, number one athlete, everything! Although he through it all away for his pregnant high school sweetheart. Mike got married and had two beautiful children, Maggie (Michelle Trachtenberg) and Alex (Sterling Knight). It all went down from there; he soon gets a divorce and becomes more distant from his family. Until one day, when driving back from his children’s school he sees the janitor from their school standing on the Los Angeles bridge. Mike runs out to help but when he gets there the man is gone. When Mike looks into the river, he falls in and wakes up home in his friend Ned Freedman’s (Thomas Lennon) home. The only problem is that he wakes up as a 17 years old (Zac Efron). It takes a while to convince Ned that he is Mike, but Ned recognizes him after a heated battle. Ned takes him to the high school to sign up as “Mark Gold” and pretends to be his father. Mike realizes that his daughter isn’t the innocent saint that he thought she was and that his son Alex isn’t the cool, athletic, and popular kid that he imagined him to be.You never really realize the good things in life that you posses until you lose them. During the movie, he becomes closer to his wife and children. He learns how to appreciate them and how fortunate he really is. If you want to know if he transforms back or not, you will just have to watch the movie.====

====**Reviewers Opinion:** This is an amazing movie. I couldnt stop smiling! After the movie ended, my face hurt from smiling so much! It is funny and teaches a great lesson:you never really know the great things that you have until you lose them. ​====