What would you do if you got a second shot at life? Class of 1989, Mike O'Donnell is a star on his high school basketball court with a college scout in the stands and a bright future in his grasp. But instead, he decides to throw it all away to share his life with his girlfriend Scarlett and the baby he just learned they are expecting. Almost 20 years later, Mike's glory days are decidedly behind him. His marriage to Scarlett has fallen apart, he has been passed over for a promotion at work, his teenage kids think he is a loser, and he has been reduced to crashing with his high school nerd-turned-techno-billionaire best friend Ned. But Mike is given another chance when he is miraculously transformed back to the age of 17. Unfortunately, Mike may look 17 again, but his thirtysomething outlook is totally uncool in the class of 2009. And in trying to recapture his best years, Mike could lose the best things that ever happened to him.This movie was just kind of there. Its watchable and has some good moments but the laughs were just too far and few between. I happen to think that Vice Versa (a pretty similar movie from the 80s) is one of the funniest movies ever. The key to a movie with the premise like this one is capturing that awkward moment of having to address a teenage issue with the knowledge of the adult. I wasn't really feeling Zac Efron pulling that off with the exception of once or twice and it pretty much killed the movie for me because of it. The other major side note is that younger kids should not see this just because of the boy from High School Musical 3. There will end up being a lot of sexually referenced awkward moments for those movie going parents.
I wouldn't really recommend anyone checking this out. It falls pretty flat and isn't really worth your time even though the movie is barely over an hour and a half.
