17 Again High School Musical Zac Efron

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2009 American film past Burr Steers

17 Again
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Directed by	Burr Steers
Written past	Jason Filardi
Produced past	Adam Shankman Jennifer Gibgot
Starring	Zac Efron Leslie Mann Thomas Lennon Michelle Trachtenberg Matthew Perry
Cinematography	Tim Suhrstedt
Edited past	Padraic McKinley
Music by	Rolfe Kent
Production companies	New Line Movie theatre Offspring Entertainment
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	April 17, 2009 (2009-04-17)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English language
Budget	$forty million^[one] ^[two]
Box office	$139.5 million^[two]

17 Again is a 2009 American fantasy one-act picture directed by Burr Steers. The film follows a 37-yr-old human being named Mike (Matthew Perry) who becomes his 17-year-old self (Zac Efron) after a adventure accident. The film besides stars Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon, Michelle Trachtenberg, Melora Hardin and Sterling Knight in supporting roles. The motion-picture show was released in the United states of america on Apr 17, 2009. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $139 million.

Plot [edit]

In 1989, 17-year-one-time star athlete Mike O'Donnell'south girlfriend Scarlet Porter tells him that she is pregnant, just moments before his probable scholarship-clinching high-schoolhouse championship basketball game. Mike plays the first few seconds of the game, and so walks off the court and goes later Scarlet, abandoning his hopes of going to higher and achieving a career that could support their future. Xx years later on, 37-twelvemonth-old Mike finds his life stagnant and boring, abandoning any project he starts. Ruddy, at present his wife and mother of their 2 children, has filed for divorce, forcing him to move in with his geeky, yet extremely wealthy, best friend, Ned Gold. He has quit his job after he is passed over for a promotion he believed he deserves, and his high-school-age kids, 19-year-old Maggie and 16-year-old Alex, desire cypher to exercise with him. Later on, while driving, an encounter on a bridge with a janitor transforms Mike dorsum into his 17-twelvemonth-old self.

After convincing Ned of his identity, Ned believes that Mike's transformation was caused by a mystical spirit guide who is trying to steer him on a better path. Mike enrolls in loftier school posing every bit Marking Gold, Ned'southward son, and plans to get to college on a basketball scholarship. Equally he befriends his bullied son and discovers that his daughter has a boyfriend, Stan, who does not respect her and frequently torments Alex, Mike comes to believe that his mission is to help them.

Through their kids, Mike spends time with Scarlet, who notes his remarkable resemblance to her married man, but rationalizes it as an odd coincidence. Deciding to also try and fix his human relationship with Scarlet, Mike begins to terminate (under the pretense of getting "volunteer credit") all of the garden projects he abandoned as an developed. He does his best to separate Stan and Maggie while as well encouraging Alex to be more confident so he can brand the basketball team and go out with a girl he has a crush on named Nicole. Mike has difficulty resisting his desire for Reddish despite the relationship's clear inappropriateness. Ned, meanwhile, begins to pursue the school'southward master Jane Masterson through increasingly extravagant stunts in order to win her affections, which she adamantly rebukes, though she agrees to a engagement later on he offers to buy laptops for the school.

On their date, Jane is completely unimpressed with Ned until he drops the "sophisticated rich-guy" persona and admits he is actually a geek. Jane then reveals her own enthusiasm for geek culture by speaking to him in Elvish, and the two hit it off. Mike throws a party to celebrate a basketball game win at Ned'southward house while Ned is out with Jane, where he confronts Stan, who had recently dumped Maggie for non sleeping with him. Mike gets knocked out and wakes up to Maggie trying to seduce him. Mike tells his daughter that he is in love with someone else and Maggie leaves, much to Mike'south relief. Cherry arrives at the political party worried nigh her kids attending, but Mike shows her that Alex has finally managed to go together with his shell. The two have an intimate conversation where Mike, caught up in the moment, tries to kiss her. Disgusted, she storms off as Mike tries unsuccessfully to explain his true identity.

On the day of the court hearing to finalize Scarlet and Mike'due south divorce, Mike makes one last attempt to win her back (as Mark) past reading a supposed letter from Mike. He states that although he couldn't ready things right in the beginning of his life, it doesn't change the fact that he nonetheless loves her. After he exits, Scarlet notices that the "letter" is actually the directions to the courtroom and she begins to grow curious. Every bit a result, she postpones the divorce by a calendar month. Frustrated that he could not salve his wedlock, Mike decides to one time again pursue a scholarship and motion on with a new life. During a high school basketball game, Mike reveals himself to Scarlet. As Scarlet runs away, Mike decides to chase her down, just like he did in 1989, merely non before handing the ball off to his son. Mike is then transformed back into his 37-year-old self, and happily reunites with Cerise, maxim that she was the best conclusion he ever made.

As Mike prepares for his first twenty-four hours as the new jitney at his kids' school, Ned, who has successfully started a relationship with Jane, gifts him a whistle, both happy with their new starts in life.

Cast [edit]

Matthew Perry/Zac Efron as Mike O'Donnell/Mark Golden: Perry portrays Mike at age 37, while Efron portrays Mike at historic period 17 in the opening flashback from 1989 and afterwards Mike has undergone his magical transformation into posing as Marker Gilded, son of his future friend Ned.
Leslie Mann/Allison Miller as Blood-red O'Donnell: Mike's before longhoped-for sometime married woman and the mother of his children. Mann plays Scarlet every bit an adult and Miller plays Ruddy as a teen in the opening flashback from 1989.
Thomas Lennon/Tyler Steelman equally Ned Gold: Mike's all-time friend. Lennon plays the developed Ned, while Steelman portrays Ned in the opening flashback from 1989.
Michelle Trachtenberg as Margaret Sarah "Maggie" O'Donnell: Mike and Ruby's 19-year-old daughter. Her conception was the reason Mike chose to carelessness his dreams and marry Scarlet. She dates Stan.
Sterling Knight as Alex O'Donnell: Mike and Red'south 16-yr-old son. He is harshly driveling by Stan.
Melora Hardin as Primary Jane Masterson: principal of the loftier school that Mike, Ruby-red and Ned used to attend, and Maggie, Alex and "Marking" currently attends. She is as well Ned's love involvement.
Hunter Parrish as Stan: Maggie's aggressive and toxic boyfriend who bullies Alex fifty-fifty in his house.
Nicole Sullivan as Naomi (pronounced "Nay-o-me"): Scarlet'due south best friend
Kat Graham, Tiya Sircar and Melissa Ordway as Jamie, Samantha and Lauren: the iii girls who are friends with Maggie, and constantly trying to flirt with "Mark".
Brian Doyle-Murray as Janitor: the magical spirit guide who makes the transformation possible.
Josie Loren as Nicole: the head cheerleader and Alex's crush.
Jim Gaffigan as Coach Murphy: the high school basketball coach who has been there for xx years.
Margaret Cho as Mrs. Dell: a teacher

Reception [edit]

Critical response [edit]

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 56% based on 149 reviews, with an average rating of 5.forty/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "Though information technology uses a well-worn formula, 17 Again has just enough Zac Efron charm to result in a harmless, pleasurable teen comedy."^[3] On Metacritic, the movie has a weighted boilerplate score of 48 out of 100, based on reviews from 27 critics, indicating "mixed or boilerplate reviews".^[4] Audiences polled past CinemaScore gave the film an average course of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.^[5]

Roger Ebert gave the film iii stars out of 4, writing: "17 Again is pleasant, harmless PG-13 entertainment, with a plot a little more than surprising and acting a little better than I expected."^[6] Justin Chang of Multifariousness wrote: "Zac Efron'southward squeaky-clean tweener-bait profile is unlikely to be threatened by 17 Again, an energetic but earthbound comic fantasy that borrows a few moves, if trivial inspiration, from Big and It'southward a Wonderful Life."^[7]

Box office [edit]

The film was projected to accept in around $20 million in its opening weekend.^[eight] Opening in 3,255 theaters in the United states and Canada, the picture grossed $23.vii meg ranking #1 at the box office, with 70% of the audience consisting of young females.^[9] Past the end of its run, 17 Again grossed $64.2 meg in North America and $72.1 million internationally, totaling $136.3 meg worldwide.^[10]

Soundtrack [edit]

17 Again: Original Movement Picture Soundtrack was released on April 21, 2009, past New Line Records.^[eleven]

Rail listing [edit]

"On My Ain" past Vincent Vincent and The Villains
"Can't Say No" by The Helio Sequence
"50.E.South. Artistes" by Santigold
"Naïve" by The Kooks
"This Is Love" by Toby Lightman
"You Really Wake Upward the Love in Me" by The Duke Spirit
"The Greatest" past Cat Power
"Rich Girls" by The Virgins
"This Is for Real" by Motion City Soundtrack
"Drop" by Ying Yang Twins
"Cherish" by Kool & The Gang
"Bust a Move" past Young MC
"Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins

Boosted music credits [edit]

"Child" by The Pretenders
"Nookie" by Limp Bizkit
"The Underdog" by Spoon
"High School Never Ends" by Bowling for Soup (Used in motion picture trailer/commercial)
"Button It Fergasonic (DJ Axel Mashup)" by Fergie, Salt-due north-Pepa, JJ Fad

The orchestral score was written by Rolfe Kent and orchestrated past Tony Blondal. It was recorded at Skywalker Audio.

Adaptation [edit]

A South Korean telly series titled eighteen Again based on the film aired on JTBC from September 21 to November 10, 2020.^[12]

Encounter also [edit]

Big, 1988 comedy drama moving picture about a boy who becomes a full-grown human being
A Afar Neighborhood, a 1990s Japanese manga about an adult re-living his teenage life
Seventeen Again, 2000 American fantasy–comedy moving picture about two grandparents who are turned 17 years sometime
13 Going on 30, 2004 American romantic comedy film most a 13 year old girl who suddenly turns 30
Mrs. Doubtfire, 1993 American one-act film about a father who disguises himself to get closer to his estranged family
Little, 2022 American comedy film virtually an evil boss who becomes a little daughter

References [edit]

^ Ben Fritz (2009-04-twenty). "'17 Over again' is No. 1 at weekend box part". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2014-05-10. Retrieved 2021-01-20 . cost just over $40 meg
^ ^a ^b "17 Again (2009) - Financial Information". The Numbers.
^ 17 Again at Rotten Tomatoes Fandango Media
^ "17 Again Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2021-01-15 .
^ Josh Rottenberg (July 30, 2020). "Box Office Report: '17 Again' handily wins the weekend". Entertainment Weekly. audiences were more favorably inclined, giving it a potent A− CinemaScore.
^ Ebert, Roger (April fifteen, 2009). "17 Again Movie Review & Film Summary". Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved June thirteen, 2014.
^ Chang, Justin (9 April 2009). "17 Again". Variety.
^ Fritz, Ben (2009-04-17). "Zac Efron and '17 Once again' expected to rule box role". Los Angeles Times.
^ McClintock, Pamela (Apr 19, 2009). "'17 Over again' tops weekend box office". Multifariousness . Retrieved June 13, 2014.
^ "17 Again (2009)". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 2021-01-23 .
^ "17 Over again: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Amazon.com. Archived from the original on twenty April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-22 .
^ Seon, Mi-kyung (February 25, 2020). "Kim Ha Neul, Yoon Sang Hyun, Lee Do Hyun to co-star in new drama xviii Once more". Osen. V Live. Retrieved August nine, 2020.