High School Musical star Zac Efron returns in this hilarious flick
It's the film every HSM-hating boyfriend has been dreading, and the film every teenage girl has been awaiting with a passion. 17 Again has arrived in cinemas, and I'm happy to say that it will go down fine with teenagers of either gender. Not so far from his role as a basketballer in the original High School Musical trilogy (see the next post to find out why I refer to the three films so far as this), Efron starts as a 17 year old college student who loses everything, including a basketball scholarship, to be with his babe. Not a bad move, by any standards, but his character, Mike 'O' Donnell, seems to think otherwise. As he starts to look back angrily at this event, an old, strange janitor approaches him, asking Mike (now 33) if he would like to go back and change how things played out. Agreeing, Mike soon finds himself in his 17 year old body, much to the amazement of his roommate Ned. Ah, Ned. What a character. Why am I going on about a side character like Ned, you may ask? Well, my dear reader, without Ned, this film, originally suspected to be a mere romance flick, would be dull. Ned Gold (played by Thomas Lennon) is Mike's dim-witted and nerdy roommate, and when Mike becomes young again, his friend tries to ask out the boy's headteacher, with hilarious results. Some of his lines and props, taken from classics like The Lord of The Rings and Star Wars, are amongst the best and funniest in the movie, and will surely go down in history.
But enough about Ned, is this film really any good, or just one for Efron diehards? Thankfully, I'm going to opt for the second thought, as all the elements used in the movie really work, and though the fact it relies so much on the comical parts sometimes proves its downfall, 17 Again is really worth seeing for any family who have nothing to do one weekend and are looking for a good laugh! 4/5
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