17 Again

Genre: Comedy

Language: English

Director: Burr Stears

Cast: Zac Efron (High School Musical 3: Senior Year), Leslie Mann (The 40-Year-Old Virgin), Thomas Lennon (Hancock), Matthew Perry (The Whole Ten Yards)

Runtime: 102mins

Plot:

Class of 1989, Mike ODonnell is a star on his high school basketball court with a college scout in the stands and a bright future in his grasp. But instead, he decides to throw it all away to share his life with his girlfriend Scarlett and the baby he just learned they are expecting. Almost 20 years later, Mikes glory days are decidedly behind him. His marriage to Scarlett has fallen apart, he has been passed over for a promotion at work, his teenage kids think he is a loser, and he has been reduced to crashing with his high school nerd-turned-techno-billionaire best friend Ned. But Mike is given another chance when he is miraculously transformed back to the age of 17.

Watched the movie on 18 April evening @ Cathay AMK Hub with Sylvia.

Doesn't everyone wish to be able to go back to the days where they were the happiest? For me, of course! ? However, when is the best age to go back?

What if you do not have a choice but could only go back to the time where you are suppose to make up for the regret moment or remake certain decision. But all these dreams could only happen if there is a fairy who could grant one this wish. And we all know that such fairies only appear in fictions or dreams.

I'm glad that the main lead realized that his return as a younger person was not for himself, it was for his family. He guided his children and rekindled his love with his ex-wife. It make him realized that the decision he made in the past was not regretted. But why did he only realize that when he could have did it with returning to his youth? The only way to explain is probably that one needs to pull oneself out of the situation to better judge the situation.

So why dream about going back to the past and reminisce it? We should keep it in our heart and move on with our life and work towards a better future as you may not know, the "golden" age will keep changing when we look back to our life.

ah-deng says: 3 / 5 Matthew Perry does not seem to be the right casting for Zac Efron's older version, what about Chris O'Donnell?