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17 Again (2009) 6.4
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6.4/10 from 135,824 users
Metascore: 48/100
Reviews: 183 user | 190 critic | 27 from Metacritic.com About a guy whose life didn't quite turn out how he wanted it to and wishes he could go back to high school and change it. He wakes up one day and is seventeen again and gets the chance to rewrite his life. Director:Burr SteersWriter:Jason Filardi |
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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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adult as child | father son relationship | high school student | school | high school |Taglines:
Who says you're only young once? See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for language, some sexual material and teen partying | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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17 April 2009 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£2,564,102 (UK) (10 April 2009)Gross:
$64,149,837 (USA) (31 July 2009)Company Credits
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Principal Jane Masterson: [speaking Elvish] Good, the arugula is really fresh. So, how did you learn to speak Elvish?
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Has a similar title and premise to '_18 Again (1988)_' but is not acknowledged to be a remake. Also this is a little different in that it has a 37 year old becoming his 17 year old self again, 18 Again! has an 81 year old man swapping bodies with his 18 year old grandson. See more »Goofs
When back in 1989, Ned runs in late for the team picture wearing wizard robes and referencing a hippogriff, it may appear to be nod to Harry Potter (which was not published until 1997, and 1998 in America). However, the myth of hippogriffs is not a Harry Potter original, having been around for hundreds of years. Ned also makes reference to being "Dungeon Master", making it obvious he was playing Dungeons and Dragons, which has been around since the 1970s (hippogriffs included). See more »Quotes
Ned Gold: [speaking Elvish] So how's your salad?Principal Jane Masterson: [speaking Elvish] Good, the arugula is really fresh. So, how did you learn to speak Elvish?
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The closing credits include photos of most of the main cast and crew when they were actually 17-years-old. See more »Soundtracks
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Every teen generation needs a good body swap/turn the clock back type of story and 17 again is one of those stories, Mike O'Donnell had it all. He was the star of his high schools basket ball team. He had Scarlet the most beautiful girl in the school as his girlfriend. Right before the game that could make him into a star, Scarlet tells Mike she's pregnant, Mike makes a drastic and life altering decision and runs out of the game to be with her giving up his chances of becoming a basket ball star, now 20 years later Mike's regretting it all and wishes he could do it all over again, and by some miraculous way he does.
17 again is a cool and stylish what if movie, it brings to light the question of what if you could change your life, if you could live it all over again.What would you do different? That's the question this movie propose and tells with a grand lush style that resonates with the teen population and even with the adults too, 17 again is not just some teen movie, it's a movie that even adults between the ages of 30-50 would enjoy it, my dad sure did. But this film has it's flaws and some very minor bad dialogue from Zack Efron but nothing that would hamper this films style or production, but in my honest opinion this film was very good, this movie is not Oscar worthy but it's definitely worth the price of admission.