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17 Again
On the brink of a midlife crisis, 30-something Mike O'Donnell wishes he could have a "do-over." And that's exactly what he gets when he wakes up one morning to find he's 17 years old again. With his adult mind stuck inside the body of a teenager, Mike actually has the chance to reverse some decisions he wishes he'd never made. But maybe they weren't so bad after all.
2009 · Directed by Burr Steers · 102 min · Comedy · Fantasy · Screenplay in the scene database · 7 frames
Tagline
Who says you're only young once?
Plot
In 1989, 17-year-old star basketball player Mike O'Donnell finds out that his girlfriend, Scarlet Porter, is pregnant. She tells him about her pregnancy moments before his likely scholarship-clinching high-school championship basketball game. Mike plays the first few seconds of the game before walking off the court to go after Scarlet, abandoning his hopes of going to college and eventually having a professional basketball career.
Years later, Mike, now in his thirties, finds his life stagnant and boring, and Scarlet has filed for divorce. He moves in with his life-long best friend Ned Gold, who is wealthy, geeky, and also unhappy. After being passed over for a promotion at work he believed he deserved, Mike smashes his boss's earpiece, resulting in him being fired. His high school-age children, 18-year-old Maggie and 16-year-old Alex, want nothing to do with him.
Mike revisits the high school's memorabilia case, finding his senior year team photo. A janitor comes by, and he vents about his life, admitting he'd wish for a do-over. Later that night, while driving in the rain, Mike comes across the janitor on a bridge who suddenly falls into the water. While attempting to look for him, Mike falls in himself, and resurfaces as his 17-year-old self.
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Crew
- Written by: Jason Filardi
- Cinematography: Tim Suhrstedt
- Edited by: Padraic McKinley
- Music: Rolfe Kent
- Production design: Garreth Stover
- Produced by: Jennifer Gibgot, Adam Shankman
Cast
- Zac Efron as Mike O'Donnell
- Leslie Mann as Scarlett O'Donnell
- Thomas Lennon as Ned Gold
- Michelle Trachtenberg as Maggie O'Donnell
- Sterling Knight as Alex O'Donnell
- Matthew Perry as Mike O'Donnell (Adult)
- Tyler Steelman as Ned Gold (Teen)
- Allison Miller as Scarlett (Teen)
- Adam Gregory as Dom
- Hunter Parrish as Stan
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: New Line Cinema, Offspring Entertainment
- Budget: $20,000,000
- Box office: $136,300,000
- Themes: high school, time travel, fake identity, bullying, basketball, high school sports, adult as a child, do over, age change
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