Review of 17 Again (2009) by Enrica C — 18 Dec 2011

If you don't watch this you won't miss anything. "17 Again" might be enjoyable, but it's also a very dumb, meaningless movie; the first and the last scenes are both really lame, characters are not well developed, the plot is stupid and doesn't go anywhere. Still, the soundtrack and the locations were decent, Efron can act better than a 40-years-old Perry, and cars are pretty awesome.

But there's something sick in those twisted relationships that start right after the 'back-to-17 thing'. A normal person would have enjoyed the company of another teen girl, not wanting to get back to his 40s with the love of his life who magically forgives him and jumps in his arms -- why was that again? Just for a plain 'letter' this young guy read in a court room? And why did Scarlet believe Mike was really Mike?

As I said, plain characters that needed a way deeper introduction. And a plot that could have brought us someplace we didn't want to go -- like a teen + mother relationship, or a father/daughter thing. That's horrible if you think about it... I'm glad the producers decided to take another direction, even if that was not the most 'normal' one.