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17 Again

17 Again

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Zac Efron helps give the popular body-swap plot a fresh and charming makeover.

Certificate12

Duration98 mins

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  • IOAN, 12
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Review by IOAN, 12

5 stars

01 Oct 2013

17 again.

I really didn't think that I was going to enjoy

This one because I don't really enjoy Zac Efron

Acting to be honest and it just sounded like it

Would let you down. Don't judge a book by

It's cover because this film to my surprise

I enjoyed this and I think that it was a bit of a

Wake up call for all the smaller films to shout

"Hey look at me watch me you will enjoy me"!

So the film follows Mike O'Donell a

Miserable, disappointed businessman

Who thought he chose the right choices when he

Was younger but he chose the wrong ones.

After loosing his job, his pride and his family

Through arrogance, complaining and divorce

He is forced to live with his high school best

Friend; Ned Goldman who is a massive nerd

But amazingly rich. One afternoon when he

Goes to pick up his kids from high school he encounters

A strange janitor, later on his way home Mike's life

Swirls out of reality when he sees this weird janitor

Standing on the edge of a bridge.

When he gets home he looks in the mirror

And realises he's 17... Again and figures out

That this a gift to try and make the right choices

But to also make sure his kids do to.

This film was very enjoyable on the behalf of

The comedy because it was the first comedy film

I have seen in a while that actually is funny.

And half most of that is thanks to the brilliant acting

Of Thomas Lennon who was absolutely fantastic

Every scene he was in was side split-tingly hilarious

And I desperately looking for more of him.

This film also shows that you have to prepare

For the future and that growing up isn't fun you

Have to make decisions and very tough ones

Too.

But it was a very good film that surprised me

With the acting and the comedy so really everyone

Should go and see it.

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