Now in Theaters: “17 Again”

17 Again hits theaters today and the movie asks “what would you do if you got a second shot at life?”  That’s a pretty heavy question but, fortunately, it appears that this movie aims to provide an answer through comedy and a little unrealistic time traveling.

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Zac Efron plays Mike O’Donnell, a young man in the Class of 1989 who seems to have it all – he’s the star of his high school’s basketball team and he’s being courted by a college scout.  His plans for the future change, however, when he finds out this his girlfriend, Scarlet (Allison Miller), is pregnant.

Nearly two decades later, things are not going well for Mike and Scarlet.  Their marriage is falling apart, he was overlooked for a promotion at work, his children don’t like him and he ends up staying with his “high school nerd-turned-techno-billionaire best friend Ned (Thomas Lennon).”

In the tradition of Freaky Friday and Big, Mike gets a chance to relive his 17th year when he is miraculously turned into a high schooler again.  As he gets swept up in trying to recapture his youth in 2009, he risks losing all of the best things that have ever happened to him.

It could be a great Friday night date movie. Check out the trailer!