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17 Again - (buy the poster!)Popular high school senior Mike O'Donnell (Zac Efron) seemingly has it all. He is a star athlete headed straight for a college scholarship when he decides to give it up to settle down with his high school girlfriend Scarlet.

Twenty five years later, an adult Mike (Matthew Perry) finds his life is not exactly what he expected. He is separated from his wife, Scarlett (Leslie Mann) and living with his best friend Ned Freedman (Thomas Lennon), his career at a pharmaceutical company is at a stand still, and his relationships with his teenage children are nonexistent. After getting passed up for yet another promotion at work, he returns to his high school to reminisce over his basketball awards and the life he could have had. While he is reliving his past, he is approached by a janitor and shares with him how things were so much better when he was seventeen.

As Mike is driving home from the high school, he sees the mysterious janitor standing on the ledge preparing to jump into the Los Angeles River. Mike rushes out of his car to rescue him, but when he gets there, the janitor has vanished. What Mike doesn't realize is that he is about to fall into the river and turn into his seventeen-year-old self.

Young Mike returns to Ned's house, where he has the difficult task of convincing Ned that he is in fact Mike. At a loss of what to do, Ned pretends to be Mike's father and they register Mike back in high school to finish the life he never had the chance to live.

High school presents a lot of new challenges for Mike, such as dressing cool, keeping up with the latest gadgets and making new friends. But nothing compares to being in high school with his own children. He discovers that his daughter, Maggie (Michelle Trachtenberg), is not nearly as innocent as he thought she was and his son, Alex (Sterling Knight), is the brunt of the star athlete's jokes.

But Mike's most difficult realization is that he hasn't been a very good father or husband. Mike befriends Alex and tries to instill him with enough confidence to join the basketball team. He gets close to Maggie's obnoxious boyfriend and does everything in his power to break them up. Most importantly, he visits an unsuspecting Scarlet and rediscovers all the things that initially made him fall in love with her.

Through his experiences, Mike realizes that he had chosen the perfect life -- he just never appreciated it. Now, he must figure out a way to transform back into his older self and won back his wife and kids.

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from New Line Cinema

Directed by
Burr Steers

Starring
Zac Efron (Mike O'Donnell (Teen))
Leslie Mann (Scarlett O'Donnell (Adult))
Thomas Lennon (Ned Gold (Adult))
Matthew Perry (Mike O'Donnell (Adult))
Tyler Steelman (Ned Gold (Teen))
Allison Miller (Scarlett O'Donnell (Teen))
Sterling Knight (Alex O'Donnell)
Michelle Trachtenberg (Maggie O'Donnell)
Adam Gregory (Dom)
Hunter Parrish (Stan)
Mario Cassem (Samir)
Katerina Graham (Jaime)
Tiya Sircar (Samantha)
Melissa Ordway (Lauren)
Melora Hardin (Principal Jane Masterson)
Brian Doyle-Murray (Janitor)
Josie Lopez (Nicole)
Jim Gaffigan (Coach Murphy)
Randy Gordon (Photographer)
Collette Wolfe (Wendy)
Tommy Dewey (Roger)
Linda Miller (Female Janitor)
Lorna Scott (Secretary)
Kodi Kitchen (Hostess)
Ellis Williams (Bailiff)
Diana-Maria Riva (Judge)
Jeff Snyder (Waiter)
Antonio Lewis Todd (Referee (1989))
Angee Hughes (Waitress)
Ed Ackerman (School Cop)
Will Schaub (Referee)
Loren Lester (Mike's Lawyer)
Alexander Goschin (Kid in Hallway)
Nicole Sullivan (Naomi)
Margaret Cho (Mrs. Dell)
Larry Poindexter (Dean)
Bubba Lewis (Dorky Kid (Nedıs Party))
Chris Valenti (Syracuse Scout (1989))
G. Lane Hillman (Kevin (1989))
Hope Riley (Girl (Wyatt))
Jeanine Jackson (Scarlett's Lawyer)
Gregory Sporleder (Ohio Scout)
Keith Oney (Guy in Crowd)
Leonard Wu (Kid (Office))
Liana Blackburn (Cheerleader #1 (1989))
Lindsay Taylor (Cheerleader #2 (1989))
Danielle E. Hawkins (Cheerleader #3 (1989))
Shelby Rabara (Cheerleader #4 (1989))
Katrina Norman (Cheerleader #5 (1989))
Tiana Brown (Cheerleader #6 (1989))
Rhapsody Violetti (Cheerleader #7 (1989))
Tasha Monique Clark (Cheerleader #8 (1989))
Vanessa Lee Chester (Cheerleader #1)
Amber Estrada (Cheerleader #2)
Chanel 'Coco' Malvar (Cheerleader #3)
Galen Hooks (Cheerleader #4)
Tyne Stecklein (Cheerleader #5)
Kiara Ely (Cheerleader #6)
Mihran Kirakosian (Cheerleader #7)
Dres Reid (Cheerleader #8)
Terrance Harrison (Mascot)
Rachele Brooke Smith (Hammer Dancer #1)
Christopher Scott (Hammer Dancer #2)
Eric McCoy (3Dance4r #)
Raymond Chacon (Jazz)
Megan Galiber (Girl #2)
Renee Krieg (ROTC Leader)
Jordan Schatz (Mr. Adams)
Jaclyn Matfus (Party Girl)
Justin C. Todd (Football Player)

Written by
Jason Filardi

Rated:
(for language, some sexual material and teen partying)


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