17 Again (2009)
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.
Cast and Information
Directed By: Burr Steers
Written By: Jason Filardi
Starring: Jim Gaffigan, Thomas Lennon, Michelle Trachtenberg, Leslie Mann, Zac Efron, Melora Hardin, Matthew Perry, Allison Miller, Collette Wolfe, Sterling Knight, Ellis Williams, Tyler Steelman
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17 Again belongs to 13 collections
1. Passed the Bechdel Test (collaborative: moderated by geohawk - 29 stars)
2. Feel Good Movies (collaborative: moderated by Midaso - 17 stars)
3. #1 at the US Box Office (collaborative: moderated by BeeDub - 10 stars)
4. High School (collaborative: moderated by Dorkovsky - 5 stars)
5. Top 3000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 5 stars)
6. 00s teen films (collaborative: moderated by mattburgess - 2 stars)
7. Top 2000 movies with the most votes on IMDb (public: fanfic - 2 stars)
8. Eligible for Academy Award Best Picture 2009 (collaborative: moderated by Ross - 1 star)
9. The Community Collection: Every Film and TV Series referenced by Abed Nadir (collaborative: moderated by CosmicMonkey - 1 star)
10. Ratings (collaborative: moderated by cheapthrills)
11. High School Life (collaborative)
12. 2009: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
13. My Movies (public: mikemyers)
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Moribunny | 15 7th |
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Matthew Perry falls off a bridge and gets sucked into a vortex that magically transforms him into Zac Efron. He then uses his youthful disguise to score with his hot daughter. Okay, no, that's not what happens, but that would have made for a better movie.
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Paxton | 41 11th |
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If Matthew Perry looked like Zac Efron when he was seventeen, I am doomed to be the most hideous forty year old ever.
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Kohikki | 6 52nd |
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When I first saw the trailer for this movie, I wanted to avoid it like the plague. Somehow, I ended up getting dragged along to see this movie and it actually wasn't that bad. In fact, it was actually... kind of enjoyable. It by no means earns a spot on my list of favourite movies, but for what it was, it was cute and at times pretty funny.
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Farzan | 60 45th |
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I was dragged into this movie, and I did NOT want to see it. I mean, Zac Efron? unoriginal story? just another one of those moral tales that we have always seen. BUT, it has some pretty hilarious comedy, like the Lord of the Rings fetish, and Efron....wasn't that bad.
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recklessmess | 68 44th |
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It's always refreshing to see Hollywood try something totally new.
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mattburgess | 17 12th |
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I don't know what the fuck I was expecting but wow what a piece of shit - nothing but a moronic star vehicle for its very pretty but bland lead Zac Efron (whose stiff attempts at acting like the "goofy", oh-so-hetero everyman are eerily Tom Cruise-esque). Its an oddly confused film that seems to have no idea which audience to pander to, flicking from retarded slapstick for toddlers to "magical" CGI water portals to frat boy jokes to braindead "family value" sappiness. Lame as hell.
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omgfridge | 7 65th |
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Efron is legit and so is this movie.
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| 1 | amosmike95 | 87 90th |
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I was pleasantly suprised. It was funny, had some action, and was heartwarming. Zac also had a great performance, better than HSM.
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Shoran | 68 52nd |
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Surprisingly better than what I had expected. Zac Efron as Matthew Perry? Haha.
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timmo | 70 28th |
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A good movie that gets caught up in what bad scripts do. It has heart but it doesn't fully embrace it--which could be the point, but it makes for a different kind of film, one that expects a lot of its audience. It succumbs to portraying high school as clique-v.-clique at one turn and then realistically at another. I give the film a break, though, since it proves Efron to be a great actor. Decent drama, comedy, and additional performances as well.
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MJVmovieMan | 59 29th |
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Zac Efron withholds some undeniable talent. Something about him strikes a chord of natural movie-star quality, and while he might have the charm, '17 Again' is not 'Big', not even '13 Going on 30.' The movie never made me believe in its 'magic'-- I mean, come on Leslie Mann-- if he looks just like your husband twenty years ago, you would know. The only bright spot of this shallow film is Thomas Lennon, who's also hilarious in 'I Love You, Man'. Zac Efron has the chops, his movie here does not.
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Tripwyre | 66 52nd |
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I really wanted to loathe this film (Efron in particular), but I couldn't. Other than the requisite dance number at the start, it's a surprisingly likeable film despite the standard cliche nature of the plot. The cast makes it work, and Efron shows good potential as a comedic actor. He's got enough charm to be a movie star for a very long time, and you know it's a solid performance when I actually believed he would grow up to be Matt Perry. Consider it a middle-aged sequel to Big.
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gtown1479 | 69 35th |
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Some of this movie was uncomfortable to watch. Can you imagine when the daughter finds out later on that she was trying to make out with a younger version of her own dad? Now the funny part of this was the side story between Lennon/Hardin. Lennon had me laughing in some spots with his attempts to woo the principal. That made the movie somewhat watchable, as he taught me the art of peacocking.
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Ocelot | 30 22nd |
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This movie has a subplot with Zac Efron's daughter wanting to fuck him because he doesn't know he's her dad. Can we get a fucked up, hard R body swap movie? Like, a combo of 13 Going on 30 and Oldboy. This is a movie the world needs. At the very least, can we get a scene of Zac Efron fucking Leslie Mann? Anything, really. I'll wait. I've got time.
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sheepslasher | 1 12th |
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Made my boyfriend sit through the whole thing. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahaahahahahahahahaaa. Haha
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mattorama12 | 59 32nd |
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Efron is a guy that I thought I hated (was it the haircut? probably.), but has turned out to be pretty good for comedic roles. Along with some other talented comedic actors like Tom Lennon, they make this standard story work nicely.
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Jasongirl67 | 70 48th |
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Good Movie
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| Average Percentile 30.93% from 2104 Ratings |  |