17 Again

I saw 17 Again this weekend and it's the type of movie you watch when you don't want to think too hard or go through an emotional roller coaster but do want to be entertained. I went into the movie theater hoping not to be surrounded by noisy swooning pre-pubescent girls and although there were some, to my delight, the audience consisted of almost every age group which kept the tweeny boppers in check. This movie is about Mike O'Donnell played by the picturesque Zac Efron at age 17 and Matthew Perry at 37. It all began when Mike was a 17 year old star basketball player on his way to getting a scholarship when he found out his girlfreind was pregnant. He decides to leave his basketball career and marry her instead. For many years he has felt disappointed with his life and 20 years later he is on the brink of divorce, his 2 kids think he's a loser, he's been passed over for a promotion at work and he's living with his high school nerd turned billionaire best friend. He is given another chance and is transformed into a 17 year old. He attends his kids' high school in hopes of changing his life for the better this time but instead may lose the best thing that ever happened to him.