Rated PG-13 – 1h42

Reviewed 4.20.09

If I had the chance to go back and do it all again, I’d watch 17 Again, again.

17 Again takes the familiar theme of an adult being allowed to go back to their youth. Matthew Perry is the 30-something guy who has given up on his basketball hopes and dreams after making the choice to stick with his pregnant girlfriend in High School. He neglects his family and passively lets his life pass him by.

That’s until fate turns him into his 17-year old self (Zac Efron) and he tries to rewrite his life.

Efron is comical, spouting off grown up advice to fellow students and his own children, all while his outside shell screams awkward teenager. Credit also goes to the near scene stealing relationship between Thomas Lennon and Melora Hardin.

This isn’t Hollywood gold, but it’s not bad for a teenage comedy. Credit does go to Efron. The kid’s got charisma, which could transform him into something bigger.