Ⅰ 《重返十七歲》英文影評
第六代導演也許該算得上是最克制和理性的一代導演了，他們沒有像第四代導演那樣有著強烈批判現實主義的色彩，也沒有第五代那樣運用影像最大的功能去喧泄壓抑已久的內心的激情。第六代更多是把鏡頭放在生活的邊緣，然後靜靜的等待，等待生活中如何掙扎的人們，也可以說是如何在輪回中體驗生活的真諦。 《青紅》導演王小帥正是如此一位導演，之前的《十七歲的單車》似乎還帶著些個人的濃重情感在里邊，那麼在《青紅》里便看不見了，而顯得更加成熟。很多長鏡頭和客觀鏡頭的運用恰到好處的說明了這一點。 有的人質疑說既然是青紅的愛情夢想和父親的上海夢發生沖突而導致悲劇，那很顯然導演在渲染青紅和小根的愛情關繫上還不是很突出。這里就是導演不幹預生活的體現了，因為生活本來就是如此。農村的愛情絕對不像我們在城裡見的那樣熱烈和奔放，來得早去得也很快。青紅和小根的愛情只是一種近乎純朴的環境下進行。我們只看到小根在等待，而絕看不見青紅的出現，然後兩人擁抱甚至接吻。甚至在整個片里他們兩人單獨在一起就只有兩三次，其它次的也是通過弟弟來傳遞信物。剛開始就只能是小根買的紅皮鞋放在青紅的課桌里，連親手送出去的機會都沒有。青紅在看到鞋後也是興奮與恐懼齊飛的情形。在農村，在八十年代的農村，這樣的愛情甚至算有點過份了，像青紅好友小珍那樣的愛情是絕無僅有的。為什麼？很難說得清楚。在影片里至少我們可以這么理解，是父親的影響，或是更深層次的說因為青紅的愛情和父親的上海夢撞到了一塊，青紅的未來和父親眼中青紅的未來的不可調和。也許在農村，對未來的渴望能蓋過現實中的任何事情，當然包括愛情。在那裡，只有通過努力，逃離面朝黃土背朝天的命運，才會有生活的美滿。在青紅父親的眼中正是讓青紅好好學習，考上大學，然後體面的回上海。「上海這幾年可真是大變樣啊」，在上海才能找到他們失去的一切---尊嚴和未來。所以青紅的愛情在這種重負下顯得那樣的蒼白。偷偷地穿著那雙紅皮鞋走上幾圈就算是最大的滿足了。我們在偶然間就明白了導演的鏡頭為什麼那麼克制了。這種理性下的剋制更能讓人在沉默中感受到要爆發的力量。 未來大於一切吧，即使是反抗也只是徒勞。青紅和弟弟生於斯長於斯，所有的情感也在這里生根發芽，至於父親的上海夢在他們看來是那樣的虛無飄渺。青紅和小根的愛情在受到父親的監視時，她嘗試過反抗。離家逃到好友小珍家裡住，她絕食以求得自由，但這些都沒能改變什麼。在父親的面前，青紅失去了話語權，變成了沉默寡言的女孩。從頭到尾我們沒有看到青紅的笑容，但可以想像她的笑容是多麼的燦爛！似乎可以這么怪導演，影片明明是《青紅》，為什麼我們卻看不見高園園有什麼太出彩的表演，倒是父親從頭到尾都在喋喋不休，表現得淋漓盡致。《青紅》的英文名是《shang dreams》，這是兩個絕然不同的名字。為什麼會這樣？從這點我們就可以看出，這部影片其實更多的，是在闡述六七年代從大城市搬到內陸支援三線的那群人在歷史的變遷中的命運。因此父親的角色顯然起到很大的份量。 王小帥在訪談中也是這么說的，這部影片更多的是獻給他父母那一代人，算是對歷史的一個比較客觀的記錄。同樣從同是第六代導演的賈樟柯的電影也可以看得出來，他的最新作品《世界》也是對當代中國現代化進程中人與人之間關系變遷的記錄。這是第六代導演的特質，也是他們的標簽。賈樟柯說他是飄的一代，這句話也可以從《青紅》中體味出來，不同的是飄的是父母一輩。父母的飄卻和他樣孩子不飄的一代形成沖突，在這部電影里這種沖突表現得比較客觀和溫情。於是這就出現了一種悖論，父母為了孩子，千方百計讓他們能有更好的生長環境，而他們的孩子卻已習慣了本土的生活，不想有什麼改變。變與不變形成矛盾，顯而易見，孩子畢竟是孩子，他們輸了，輸給了未來又贏得未來。在贏得的同時又造成了悲劇。青紅在改變自已的想法時，雖然還記得她和小根第一次說話的內容，卻不能改變被小根強暴的命運，也改變不了由此小根被判刑而帶來的，也許是一輩子的恨，她將用什麼來救贖呢？用良心吧，用刻骨銘心吧！這就是命運的悖論吧！ 也許有人會說王小帥的這部電影失去了當代的意義，我卻不這么認為。我始終認為，像我這樣從農村來的青年一代還是在時代的變革中充當著飄的角色。從鄉村到縣城，從縣城到城市，我不也是在飄嗎？當我們在城市中感到落寞時，唱這樣的歌來慰藉自己吧！「多年以後一場大雨驚醒沉睡的我，突然之間都市的霓虹都不再閃爍，天邊有顆模糊的星光偷偷探出了頭，是你的眼神依舊在遠方為我在等候，星星點燈，照亮我的家門，讓迷失的孩子找到來時的路，星星點燈，照亮我的前程，用一點光溫暖孩子的心……」。
Ⅱ 觀後感《重返十七歲》
昨天看了《重返十七歲》，很正常的有些感受，每次看過電影，無論是搞笑的還是文藝的都會有些感受，只是深淺問題，不過不用想我的感受也不會太深。
《重返十七歲》講述了一個男孩，高中時期打籃球特別好，就在他可以憑借在這場比賽中的良好表現就可以上好大學，之後就有美好的人生的時候，他女朋友來看比賽，在開賽前和他說有了孩子時，他放棄了比賽，選擇了家庭，之後他的生活不盡如人意，在職場不順利，所以天天埋怨當年放棄了那麼好的機會等等，他妻子提出了離婚，他的兒子和女兒都不他好，他就更想重新回到十七歲時做一次選擇，那樣他一定選擇籃球，以便有更好的人生。所以影片就有了一個神奇的人物引導他變回了十七歲，而他周圍的人沒有變，所以就引出了一系列搞笑的事情，他又回到了高中，好的是可以和他的兒子一起打球來談心，可以關注女兒，發現女兒愛了一個痞子，勸說她要選擇正確的。經歷了種種之後，終於解決了孩子的問題，而妻子這邊他只能是以兒子同學的身份來見到，發現以前自己真的沒有注意妻子的工作以及興趣愛好。就在他們要上法庭離婚時，妻子感覺出了他可能就是他丈夫，而他又要去打比賽了，她作為兒子的家長去和女兒一起去看比賽，當他發現他朝她比劃了當年的動作，她徹底相信他就是「他」，她不願再因她的到來而影響了比賽，又一次向場外走時，歷史性的一幕出現了，他又扔下了籃球，離開了球場，選擇了妻子，而後他又變回了現在的四十來歲。
我認為影片想告訴我們：不是我們回到過去就能改變選擇，可能回去了還會做出同樣的選擇，所以現在就不要再後悔以前的選擇，以為重新來過就可以有什麼不同，這一生的軌跡就是這樣的，如果沒有遺憾怎麼有美，似乎也可以解釋為這都是註定的。
回想自己，總是在說當年如果我學了什麼，幹了什麼，現在就有什麼不同了；設想自己填志願時選擇了其他的學校，之後就會體驗到什麼不同的風景；為錯過的人和錯過的事而懊惱不已。這樣看來，那些也許就是我註定的，註定要錯過，註定要經歷，那既然是重來可能還會做同樣的選擇，那麼原來的選擇就是最好的選擇吧。
人生只有單程票，而人生因此回味無窮。不要埋怨當初沒有選擇正確，向前看，更好的風景在不遠處等你。
一部電影解開一點心結，值！而不同的人有不同的理解，仁者見仁，智者見智。如果你們有什麼別的見解也來交流一下。
哈哈，我們學校也看了這個視頻
Ⅲ 重返十七歲觀後感
人生最重要的 是 青春 . . . .
Ⅳ 翻譯<<重返十七歲>>觀後感
"Return to seventeen," the story of a boy playing basketball in high school are particularly good, just as he can in the game with good performance can be more than a good university, then there is a better life, his girlfriend see the game in before the start and have a child, he said, he gave up the game, choose a family, after his life is not satisfactory, in the workplace does not go smoothly, so every day, then complain when to give up good opportunities, etc. his wife filed for divorce, his son and his daughter is not good, he even want to re-do a back to the 17th at the age of choice, as he must choose basketball to have a better life. So there is a magical movie character led him back to seventeen years old, and the people around him have not changed, so it leads to a series of funny things, he was back in high school, is good and his son to play with to talk, can focus on her daughter, found her love of a ruffian, to persuade her to choose the right. Experienced a variety, finally solved the problem of the child, and his wife, son, here he is only the identity of the students to see, that really did not pay attention before his wife's work and hobbies. They want the court in a divorce, the wife feeling that he could be his husband, and he has to play the game, and she as a parent to his son and daughter go to the game, when he found when he gestures toward her action, she completely believe that he is "him", she would not be affected by the arrival of her game again to go outside, the historic scene there, he dropped the basketball, left the court, choose a wife, then he turned back now 40 years old.
I think the film would like to tell us: not that we can change the selection back to the past, may go back will make the same choice, so it would not have to regret before the choice, that you can start over What is the difference, in this life the trajectory is such that if there are no regrets how the United States, seems to be interpreted as this is destined.
謝謝，希望對你有所幫助！
Ⅳ 電影重返十七歲表達了什麼
17歲那年，男孩為了女朋友放棄了一次機會，後來生活的種種不順讓他時時想起那個難得的機會，他漸漸的後悔自己的選擇，與後來嫁給他的女朋友的關系也越來越差。可以肯定的是他們是有感情的，只是，男孩不甘心放棄了自己的理想，或許他會成為明星什麼的。
於是電影里的神秘老人給了他這個機會，讓他重返17歲的身體，他來到學校。和他的一對兒女成為了同學，在與他的兒女對話中他發現自己不是一個稱職的父親，於是，他改變了原先要進國家隊的願望，幫助女兒走出了失戀，幫助兒子找到了自信，也理解了妻子的難處。電影的結尾，在同一場重要的籃球比賽上，他的兒子替代了他，幫助他完成他的夢想。就像17歲那年的重現，他同樣跑出去追他的妻子。
他的妻子一直為他的選擇感到內疚（或許有吧），他和他妻子在走廊盡頭的熱吻或許表達，此時，他們選擇彼此原諒。他認識到那時的選擇並沒有錯，自己最初的選擇就是因為深愛女孩。
Ⅵ 重返17歲觀後感
[重返17歲觀後感]重返17歲觀後感2010-12-12 17 again(重返17歲),又一部美國青春喜劇電影,由Zac Efron,美國當紅青年演員主演(曾出演過電影歌舞青春,可惜我沒看過),是一部浪漫、搞笑、有一定教誨意義的電影,最適合我這種檔次的觀眾收看,在輕松愉快的情況中邊練習英語,邊接受人生哲理的教誨，重返17歲觀後感。故事內容其實不太新穎,基本上以及亞當.桑德勒的神奇遙控器一模一樣,講述一個成年男人由於忍吃不消當下的糊口,期待回到17歲,回到他當初最輝煌的時期,以為特此可以重新來過,拜託現實中的一切悲劇。於是,上帝聽見了他的祈禱,讓他如願以償,只不過不是整個時光倒流,而是他一個人時光倒流,回到了風華正茂的17歲。那時的Mike(Zac Efron飾演)是高中籃球隊的絕對名人,他高中畢業後非常有希望被球探選中進入一流的大學籃球隊打球,從此走上輝煌的籃球生涯。只不過第一次17歲的時候,他由於女友懷孕而放棄了本身的光明前途,而之後他發現這一舉動是導致他今日悲劇的緣故原由,所以他現在回來了,發誓要重新拾起他曾經應該擁有的美好未來。Mike先是在好友Ned(當年黌舍里的可憐蟲,現在確實由於軟體開發而成為大富翁)的幫忙下,順利重返了當年的高中,並且順利加入了黌舍籃球隊,成為了球隊的主力隊員。就當他發現一切都如想像的那樣順利時,他以一個高中生的身份前後與他即將仳離的妻子、兒子以及女兒在不同情況下見面,以一個陌出生的身份呈現在至親的面前,反而讓原本疏遠的親情又拉近了,而且他也是以聽見了,以及瞅見了與曾經所見所聞純粹不一樣的事實,妻子極富想像力的園林設計才能,女兒與一個流氓陷於了愛河,兒子成為了黌舍任人欺負的軟蛋,這一切讓Mike重新認識到,他重新回來的真正目的--重拾他失去的親人,彌補已往十幾年對他們的虧欠，觀後感《重返17歲觀後感》。於是乎,Mike開始拯救自救的子女,給他們指引人生不錯門路,幫他們走出青春的誤區,而本身也在極力挽救即將破裂的婚姻。終極,女兒樂成看清了流氓男友的醜陋嘴臉,兒子也自信大增,樂成籃球隊主力的同時,也俘獲了心儀女孩的芳心,而在終極的仳離聽證會上,Mike一段不假思索、發自肺腑的真情,徹底感動了妻子,挽回了那段失去已經的感情。影片很多高校的成分來自於Ned,這個古靈精怪的傻帽,千方百計的追求女校長的過程著實令人捧腹,而最後他用指環王裡面的精靈語徹底釣上女校長的橋段,更是雷人壽的雷人。除開喜劇以外,貫穿影片的一條主線我覺得是兩個字--責任。影片一開始,Mike為了懷孕的女朋友不惜放棄本身很好的前程,有點可惜,但讓人瞅見作為一個男人有責任感的一面。但是結婚十多年之後,他的糊口毫無是處,被公司炒魷魚,與家子成員關系破裂,這一切的悲劇讓他把責任推卸到了妻子的身上,認為是妻子毀了他的一生。這個時候估計有很多女影迷對Mike鄙視到了極點。但是後來,回到17歲的Mike又重新找回了本身的責任感,重新審視了本身人生失敗的緣故原由,並極力去彌補。這種圍繞責任感反復演變的情節,是這部影片我認為具有教誨意義的地方。最後補充一點兒,影片中段,Mike安慰女兒Michelle的地方,我個人覺得是個環形的露天劇場,也有人跟我爭論說那是個足球場,不知道其他人怎麼看。歷史上的今天：單車上的後海2010-12-12後弦花甲單車戀人mv下載單車戀人m 2010-12-12在線測算2010年運勢2010流年運勢測算2010-12-12公路自行車越來越受歡迎年青人越來偏向2010-12-12校草愛上花之帝國威廉2010-12-12〔重返17歲觀後感〕隨文贈言：【人生舞台的大幕隨時都可能拉開，關鍵是你願意表演，還是選擇躲避。】
Ⅶ 電影重返十七歲英文觀後感.一百字.
這部電影的主人公叫做奧多爾，在他人生開始出現巔峰的時刻，他的女友卻突然告訴他她已經懷孕，在最後一次籃球比賽中，他放棄了比賽選擇了女友。然而，在今後的幾十年裡，他把自己人生事業的不如意都歸結於他的妻子，每天都生活在抱怨中。然而一次偶然的機會他爹盡世間漩渦回到了十七歲，開始以新生份接觸自己的妻子和兒女。他發現自己幾乎沒有認真了解妻子的愛好，也幾乎沒有真正走進孩子們的內心，之後他以兒子同學的身份幫助妻子設計了後院，幫助兒子進了籃球隊，幫助女兒找到正確的戀愛觀。當他再次上演十七歲那一幕時，戲劇性的是他還是選擇了妻子，對她說愛她。
令我感觸頗深的是奧多爾重返十七歲後，以新身份再次走進家人的時候，他對家人所表現的關懷那是他以前從未有過的舉動。他以過來人的經驗讓兒子樹立了自信成為一名優秀的球員，讓女兒也有了正確的愛情觀，避免走了彎路，這里流露出深深的父愛。以及他再次面對妻子，發現了妻子許多優點，而這恰恰被原來的他忽略了，他尊重了妻子的愛好，幫助了她完成了後院，以及在法庭上及時阻止了妻子的離婚訴訟，可見他內心對妻子深深的愛。
我相信看過這部影片的人都會對自己的青春有所感悟，它就像一杯茗茶，需要讀者慢慢體會。
Ⅷ 關於重返十七歲的英語觀後感
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Ⅸ 《重回十七歲》這部電影講了什麼道理要快！
邁克是學校里的風雲人物，身為籃球運動員的他原本得到獎學金，可以直接保送大學的，但是為了和女友斯嘉麗 (萊斯利·曼恩 (Leslie Mann)飾 ) 在一起，他放棄了這一機會。
20 年過後，已經成為一名中年男子的邁克一事無成。他和妻子斯嘉麗分了手，與孩子們之間也很少共同語言，至於自己在葯物公司的工作更是無聊透頂。沮喪的邁克重新回到高中學校，追憶自己曾經的輝煌。在那裡他遇到了一個清潔工，兩人聊天時，邁克向其傾訴了自己想重回17歲的渴望，如果一切重來，他不再放棄獎學金和進修的機會，那麼人生將會非常不同。
邁克帶著自己的兒子和女兒去吃雪糕，與孩子們沒有共同語言。結束後送孩子們回斯嘉麗家，斯嘉麗在處理花園，並跟邁克抱怨兩人20年來的生活瑣碎。
接著，邁克從斯嘉麗家回來的路上，無意中發現那個神秘的清潔工正准備跳河。吃驚的邁克趕緊跳下車去救他，沒想到看門人突然消失不見，倒是的邁克沖進了河裡，並就此奇跡般的變成了17歲時的樣子……
此後的邁克在朋友（Ned Freedman）的幫助下重回高中上學，他有許多困難需要解決。比如跟自己不知情的兒女做校友。而就是在學校里的一系列遭遇，讓邁克懂得了其實自己當初選擇的就是最完美的生活，只不過自己一點都不知道珍惜。如今悔過了的他最要緊的就是恢復原本的模樣，重新去贏回妻子和孩子，實際上世上哪有機會會重回自己的少年時代，時光一去不復返。我們唯一能做的是珍惜眼前一切，盡量別給自己留下遺憾，希望可以在老去的時候。豪邁的說我的人生不虛此行，我不後悔活過
Ⅹ 重返十七歲的英文感想
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17 Again is one of those half and half films--half of it is good, moral, and entertaining, and half of it is raunchy, mature in nature, and unnecessary. The plot goes something like this: Middle-aged Mike is unhappy with his life and about to get a divorce from his wife. He and his kids are like strangers to each other, even though he genuinely cares for them. One night Mike mysteriously transports to the age of 17 in present times. He decides (with the help of his MAJOR sci-fi freak best friend) to go back to high school and help put his kids on the right path. So Mike (under the name of Mark) goes back to school and spends his time lecturing his kids about who they should date, helping them onto sports teams, or romancing their mom (who is also his wife).
Some of the funniest parts are the most awkward ones. Teenage Mike/Mark dancing with his wife (to his wife, he is just her son's friend) and being found by their son. Mike/Mark's daughter wants to start a relationship with the teenage Mike/Mark, not knowing that he is actually her dad. When he tells her that they can never be together, she at first thinks that he is gay. There is one use of the b-word and some other mild profanities. Mike/Mark's daughter has a pompous, lustful boyfriend. Mike's best friend is seen in bed (fully clothed) with the school principal (at the end of the film, right before the credits).
I was surprised at the amount of good messages in this movie. Mike (when he is actually 17 in high school sometime in the 1980's) gives up his college dreams to marry his pregnant girlfriend. When he is an alt, he strives to spend time with his kids and shows genuine interest in their lives. When he goes back to the age of 17 through the warp thing, he makes it his goal to help his kids get their lives on the right track. He speaks about abstinence to the entire Health class. He does everything he can to get his daughter's messed-up boyfriend away from her.
Without the sexual jokes and overtones, this movie would be great for kids and teens. Unfortunately, the crude humor ruins it, even if kids don't understand all of the "jokes". Zac Efron is at his best in this film and captures a sensible, struggling teenage dad very well. Don't expect it to be any funnier than you see in the previews, though. Most of the funny parts are in the previews. Overall, it was an enjoyable two hours of reliving high school.
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hey guys im natasha and i live in new zealand so we got to watch the movie on the 16th
well all i can say is that the movie was AWESOME!
both Zac Efron and Matthew Perry did an awesome job, though matthew was only in the movie for about 5-10 mins and girls get ready to got the shivers as soon as u see Zac transform into the cool kid.
the story basically starts off showing Mike (zac) being the most popular guy in school hes awesome at basketball and is about to be offered a basketball scholarship, however just before the big game starts his girlfriend Scarlet(Leslie Mann) tells zac that she is expecting their child, this confuses mike ring the game and he finally leaves the game and runs after the girl he loves. 20 years later his life is a total disaster, with his wife giving him a divorce , his kids hating him mike(matthew) moves in with his best friend ned a self made billionaire. Then something changes mikes's world he goes back to his school and stares at his championship photos he there meets a janitor with whom he shares his thoughts of going back to high school the janitor suddenly dissapears and while driving home mike sees him jumping off a bridge while mike hurries to go save him he himself falls into the river and gets turned back to 17. Then hilarious events start happening with a light saber fight to a fight with his daughters boyfriend. Also mike helps his son find the girl of his dreams and also gets him into the basketball team. An awkward scenes was where maggie( michelle) his daughter wants to kiss him its an awkward moment but it will surely make u laugh.
3
I don』t fully understand the desire to return to high school. I actually enjoyed high school, but that doesn』t mean that I want to re-live being a teenager, it』s just so awkward. But films will continue to be made, all with the premise of returning to the past to change something. 17 Again is no different, although the modern twist on an old story doesn』t make it as enjoyable as I remember.
We begin in 1989 with Mike O』Donnell (the young version played by Zac Efron) shooting hoops, getting ready for the big game that could get him a scholarship to college. When he finds out that his high school girlfriend is pregnant, he walks out of the game and we flash-forward to the present-day Mike (Matthew Perry). Now his life is a mess—no job promotion, on the verge of a divorce and no relationship with his kids. Paying homage to It』s a Wonderful Life, Mike runs into an old janitor that magically transforms him into his 17-year-old self. It is then up to Mike to figure out what he needs to do to transform back.
The modern high school is shown as a breeding ground for disrespectful, sexually overactive teenagers. Not to say that this is not what all high schools are like, but 17 Again chooses not to show anything about going back to high school. Mike doesn』t want to relive high school to change his future; instead he realizes that this is the time to reconnect with his kids and to somehow win his wife back.
It is most humorous when young Mike interacts with his wife (Leslie Mann). She swears that he looks like her husband and the flirtation that plays out is almost uncomfortable but it works. Also, for those Zac Efron fans out there, he even dances and plays basketball in the film. I don』t know if he will ever grow out of this High School Musical role.
The fun of movies like this is to see our character react or interact with his new surroundings. The film fails to capture the heart of being a teenager, only making jokes to how fast their metabolism is and how they can exercise easily. Although young Mike does have an inside view into his kid』s lives, their interaction is very sterile and unbelievable. He coaches his youngest son at basketball, while he still gets to take the glory of being a better player and he preaches to his daughter about making bad choices. If he gets to be 17 again to connect with his kids, the relationships seem forced.
When Mike finds himself back where he started, he realizes that he had made the right choices, he was just absent from most of his life. Now he gets the chance to pay attention. Mike』s inside look into the lives of his kid』s and wife is an interesting twist on an old idea. But the fun of watching films like this is missing because our lead actor isn』t having fun. There is no use in re-living high school for that.
6
If you want to illustrate the acid rain that 20 years can pour down onto a human face, just show Zac Efron and then make us believe that life has turned him into Matthew Perry. Oh, that beautiful boy - oh, that lumpy-faced man. What happened? Failure and disappointment? Self-hatred? Grand-scale spiritual error? We're just scratching the surface here. For Efron to turn into Perry in a mere two decades would require something more drastic, like sitting down every morning to a breakfast of hot, steaming toxic waste.
Yet what better way to make us feel it - the sheer relief of going back in time. In "17 Again," Mike (Perry) is a washed-up pharmaceutical salesman with an estranged wife and two kids who think he's an idiot. But one day, through some movie magic, he transforms back into the 17-year-old he once was - a basketball star who could have had a scholarship if he hadn't married his pregnant girlfriend.
"17 Again" is a variation on the old if-only-I-could-go-back fantasy. In this variation, the hero doesn't go back. Nothing changes, except his body. He's young, he's handsome, the world is before him ... and yet inside, he's still middle-aged. He cares about his kids. He's attracted to his wife. "17 Again" isn't a sophisticated work of art, nor was it intended to be. It's often silly, sometimes fun silly, sometimes too silly. Yet in one area - its honest, unself-conscious exploration of the conflict between a man's physical and psychological age - it goes deeper than the much more ambitious "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
The credit goes to Efron, a teen idol who has girls shrieking in the theater from his first close-up but who is also an actor and proves it over the course of the picture. He conveys Mike's al nature. It will come as news to none of his young admirers that Efron has good eyes, pale blue and piercing. He can use them, too, for more than cosmetic effect. He brings to the role the sensitive, fretting gaze of the concerned parent - one who finds himself in the same high school as his own kids.
The movie's limits are the limits of the formula. There's only one way "17 Again" can be resolved, but doing so requires a shoehorn. Also, why did Mike's teenage daughter (Michelle Trachtenberg) have to be presented as such a repellent brat? If you believe Hollywood, there's no teenage-girl nastiness, ingratitude or misbehavior that can't be forgiven, even without an apology. That's a great message to be reinforcing in a movie that's going to be seen by every 14-year-old girl in America.