The Kari AnnAlysis

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I’m a sucker for cute teeny bopper movies and this one so fits the bill. Yes, it’s completely unrealistic, but it was super cute.

Things didn’t quite turn out the way Mike O’Donnell expected. He was the star of the basketball team, close to getting on Syracuse’s team, until his girlfriend gives him a stunner before a major game. Jump forward 18 years to Mike not getting a promotion, but he is getting a divorce. When he wakes up 17 again, he has a chance to become friends with his kids and prove to his wife they should still be together.

This movie is very cute and there were a couple of times when I laughed out loud. Zac Efron is a cutie and I had to tell myself he wasn’t younger than I am the whole time I watched it.

*SPOILER ALERT*
I don’t really have any complaints for this movie, other than the ending. I was glad Mike and Scar got back together, but it’s their sons big chance to show off his moves on the basketball court and they just walk out the door. I’m all about involved parents. No, I don’t mean stage parents, but as much as Mike loved basketball, you’d think he would want to watch his son get his chance.

I think the thing I liked best about the movie, and it wasn’t REALLY part of the movie was at the end when they were going through the credits. Everyone who had parts in the movie or was part of the writing or production, they pulled up their high school photo when their name whizzed by. Very cool idea. And you probably wouldn’t know them anyway if  you saw their “today” picture.

I give this movie 3 popcorns. It was cute, but I probably won’t watch it again and I definitely won’t be buying it.