17 Again
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6.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 119 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 79 out of 119
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 119
  3. Negative: 17 out of 119

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  1. EileenL
    Apr 26, 2009
    4
    It was such an obviously poor copy of the themes in Back To The Future and Its A Wonderful Life. There is no way that Zac Efron would grow up to look like Matthew Perry . I didn't like the casting.
  2. SelinaM.
    May 2, 2009
    4
    The movies was terrible in the sense of entertaining it, but the story line was so cliche and anyone could have picked out the next scene. It was over done, sappy if your into that.
  3. culeecurlee
    Aug 27, 2009
    3
    Waste of time!! the story need a revision and the characters? not good.
  4. J-Shap
    Aug 26, 2011
    3
    A largely unfunny and unoriginal out-of-body comedy, with an important message to send to Hollywood: You can surround a cast with as many comedy pros as you want, but none of them are going help Zac Efron go down any easier.
  5. RyanS
    Aug 17, 2009
    2
    Some middle-aged guy gets to be 17 again. Hooray. Watch him reclaim his wasted life. See him make a difference. What a movie.
  6. MelancholicAlcoholic
    Aug 12, 2009
    2
    The sequel to Juno and Knocked Up in the decidely rightwing slant of Hollywood. underlying message is ANTI-choice, just like creepy Juno was. also, these type of "I wish I could do it all over again, but hey I am still satisfied with what I got" movie of the week flics are outstaying their welcome. Also the incest-not-incest kiss or lack thereof??? Jeeeeez, can we ask for a little bravery in film? What am i saying, it's a neo-kkkon movie delivering a neo-kkkon message Palin could be proud of (if she had the brains to understand even this hamburger, junkfood type movie) so, bravery? too much too ask for. 2 points for good supporting roles, although LOTR geeks? that's sooo nineties!… Expand
  7. JohnS.
    Jun 19, 2009
    0
    I think there has already been a movie like this before and i hated that one too. I cant stand zac efron as well. He is made for musicals not movies.
  8. AmyF.
    Jun 19, 2009
    0
    I just did not like it. The casting was most of it.

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Metascore
48 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 27
  3. Negative: 5 out of 27
  1. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    40
    What I can't accept is that the stringy, insipidly earnest teen idol Zac Efron would grow up to be the defensively ironic, twisty-faced Matthew Perry.
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    50
    Works better than you might imagine at times but stumbles awkwardly other times. The unevenness in the writing is matched by directorial overkill in certain comic sequences.
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Justin Chang
    50
    Zac Efron's 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 little inspiration, from "Big" and "It's a Wonderful Life."
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