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.The story of course is nothing original, but you knew that going in, and yes, there are some seemingly ridiculous or stereotypical character setups, again acknowledged beforehand, but the direction and the acting, more than makes up for this.Most of the actors, especially Efron, who proves hes definitely not just a wanna-be pretty boy and actually stores away some talent, play their parts well.
Matthew Perry seemed slightly misplaced, even if he was the reason I went to see the film in the first place. Not to mention the director being Burr Steers who directed one of my favourite films. 17 Again 2009 Movie Could HaveI could kind of tell how in the wrong hands this movie could have been embarrassingly bad, but Steers manages to balance the right amount of comedy with drama and turn it into something really worth seeing. Efron blew me away. I have to say, I didnt see it coming, and I never thought Id say such a sentence, but this boy can do better than TV Disney movies. Im kind of glad he has turned down re-make, Footloose, not only because its a re-make of footloose. On the negative side of things the writing lacked in terms of Marks relationship with his daughter. The daughter didnt really seem to have a personality, now Im not totally sure if this is down to Trachtenbergs terrible acting (one of very little who deliver poor performances actually) or poor character development but something was wrong there. I dont really rate the cinematography, but I dont think its something to be taken quite seriously in teen films. Its all about the characters and the comedy - but what was up with that image of Zac right before Mark falls into the water Some interesting choices of music. Quite moving and Mark is a much more 3 dimensional, well developed character than most PG-13 rated movies you see. I genuinely cared about him, where as, even in Mean Girls, (which is particularly hilarious and legendary as far as contemporary teen films go) I didnt care too much for any of the characters. Its probably because this film went that little bit further than most and took itself seriously, if only for parts of the movie. So, yeah, 17 Again, fairly well written, hilarious, well and sometimes greatly acted and awesome direction for the most part, and a genuinely good, enjoyable and moving film. Can make all the difference. Id also watch out for that Sterling Knight actor - he plays Marks awkward son. When Scarlet looks at the old picture of Mike in the yearbook, you can briefly see Scarlets picture in the book before it scrolls up to Mikes. When Mark and Alex are eating in the cafeteria, Marks hamburger moves from his hands to the tray to the table, to the tray with a bite taken out, and finally back to his hands. The closing credits include photos of most of the main cast and crew when they were actually 17-years-old.
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