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17 Again

17 Again takes us back to 1989 and introduces us to high school senior Mike O'Donnell (heart throb Zac Efron) who with the trophy girlfriend and basketball scholarship is all set for a bright future. The court lights dim quickly when his best girl Scarlett (Allison Miller) announces she’s pregnant and when he does the honourable thing college takes a back seat. Fast forward to the present and Mike (now sometimes Canadian Matthew Perry) is a bitter man in a dead end job with a nearly finalized divorce from Scarlett (now the real Mrs Judd Apitow Leslie Mann) and alienated from his two children Alex (Sterling Knight) and Maggie (Michelle Trachtenberg). A nostalgic trip back to his alma mater spins into a transformation to the teenager that he once was but in the time he currently lives in. Thankfully back in the day he befriended Ned Gold (Thomas Lennon) the nebbish and bullied team water boy who since graduation has capitalized on his geekyness and converted it into big cyber bucks. Now it’s payback time as he poses as  Mike’s father so he can enrol again in senior year at their old school which is now where his kids are getting an education (not always positive). He has to adapt to rejuvenated hormones but his life experiences come in handy for advising his un-self assured son as well as his daughter about to throw away her future for an unworthy jock. Things get uncomfortable when his charm builds an attraction with not only his daughter but soon to be ex-wife. 17 Again Is your typical time travel tale re: someone getting a do-over of a critical life juncture that could have gone better. Although the concept is generic there are some refreshing steps along the way.

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