17 Again – Back to High School (2009)

17 Again – Back to High School: Directed by Burr Steers. With Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon, Matthew Perry. Mike O’Donnell is ungrateful for how his life turned out. He gets a chance to rewrite his life when he tried to save a janitor near a bridge and jumped after him into a time vortex.

“This is another movie I watched with my friend who works at a movie theatre. With elements of Big and 13 Going on 30, not to mention Itu0026#39;s a Wonderful Life and Back to the Future, 17 Again is a pretty enjoyable meshing of those movies considering the cast which has Zac Efron, Michelle Trachtenberg, Leslie Mann, Margaret Cho, Thomas Lennon, and Melora Hardin. I also recognized Matthew Perry and Nicole Sullivan. I did not realize until the cast credits that the bearded janitor at the high school was Brian Doyle-Murray, Billu0026#39;s brother. Now, parts of the plot and characterizations were a little uneven but despite that there were plenty of scenes that were hilarious especially those between Lennon and Hardin. With them, I also saw a little u0026quot;Big Bang Theoryu0026quot; vibe. Oh, and thereu0026#39;s a little touching pro-abstinence speech here as well (though it still is acknowledged that not all teens will feel that way). All in all, despite some adult humor, 17 Again was an enjoyable comedy that should be enjoyable enough for parents and offspring alike. Oh, and one more thing: I thought the Vanilla Ice reference in the 1989 sequence didnu0026#39;t fit since I remember him not even emerging until the following year…”