17 Again (2009)

All Critics (145) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (78) | Rotten (64) | DVD (14)

There was nothing here that was particularly funny, new, or inventive.

April 20, 2009 Full Review

Ben Mankiewicz

At the Movies

Top Critic

I was disappointed.

April 20, 2009 Full Review | Comments (3)

Ben Lyons

At the Movies

Top Critic

Wholesome just isn't as wholesome as it used to be.

April 17, 2009 Full Review

Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

17 Again makes the '80s comedies on which it's modeled seem positively cutting-edge by comparison.

April 17, 2009 Full Review | Comment (1)

Lou Lumenick

New York Post

Top Critic

Despite occasional misfires, this Zac Efron comedy earns its laughs and delivers its life lessons.

April 17, 2009

Kirk Honeycutt

Hollywood Reporter

Top Critic

I found him a sympathetic, and strangely believable, middle-aged dad.

April 17, 2009 Full Review

Amy Biancolli

Houston Chronicle

Top Critic

The good news is Efron can carry a movie on his own; he just needs to be more picky about what he chooses ... despite some good scenes, the script is too lazy for anyone to really save.

March 3, 2011 Full Review

Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

It knows it has one thing going for it: teen idol Zac Efron. So it shows off that boy from beginning to end: shaggy hair, dreamy eyes, etc. ... '17 Again' is a virtual Efronathon, and I can't imagine his fans complaining.

September 10, 2009 Full Review

Matt Soergel

Florida Times-Union

Efron's adequate but completely anonymous work keep this from achieving true liftoff.

August 31, 2009 Full Review

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

17 Again is a reasonably entertaining time at the theater, offering something both for youngsters ... and for their parents.

August 30, 2009 Full Review

Sonny Bunch

Washington Times

While it's not in the same classic league, the movie has a nice Back to the Future vibe to it.

August 15, 2009 Full Review

Mike McGranaghan

Aisle Seat

...ultimately fits comfortably within the pantheon of above-average body-switching comedies.

August 14, 2009 Full Review

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Efron, whose biggest onscreen drawback is his ever-changing '60s mod hairdo, owns almost every moment, milking the minimal laughs available while playing up the material's maudlin strengths.

August 9, 2009 Full Review

Bill Gibron

PopMatters

It's cute and sweet and generally inoffensive.

August 9, 2009 Full Review

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

Zac Efron couldn't ask for a more flattering breakout vehicle than the charming 17 Again

August 7, 2009 Full Review

Christian Toto

What Would Toto Watch?

I'd never be 17 again.

August 3, 2009 Full Review | Comments (2)

Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel

3BlackChicks Review

17 Again manages to squeeze more than a little life from the old "switch-movie" trope, along the way transforming itself into a sweet and amusing comedy.

July 24, 2009 Full Review

Mike Scott

Times-Picayune

17 Again manages to be very sweet and romantic for the most part, and despite the fetishizing of living in the past, it really more about being responsible for one's choices and grateful for what one has.

May 31, 2009 Full Review

Karina Montgomery

Cinerina

perhaps the movie should be called, "The Film You've Seen 17 Times Before, Again."

May 25, 2009 Full Review

Sean McBride

Sean the Movie Guy

Mesa mesa sto syrfeto ton klise, an ton antekseis, ehei stigmes aprosdokita (kai abola) komikes, haritomena (kai sygkratimena) paihnidia me MILFs kai cougars kai ermineies kalodehoymena aksioprepeis

May 10, 2009 Full Review | Comments (2)

Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

Efron's presence can't disguise a movie patched together by people who apparently didn't read beyond the pitch.

May 6, 2009 Full Review

Luke Goodsell

Empire Magazine Australasia

Finally admit to yourself Zac Efron may just have the stuff to make it big. Do it. Do it NOW.

May 4, 2009 Full Review | Comment (1)

Kit Bowen

The Movie Kit

'17 Again' demonstrates that Effron has rightfully earned some of the rampant adulation that has come his way.

May 3, 2009 Full Review

Dan Lybarger

eFilmCritic.com

Derivative to be sure, but smarter and funnier than expected with some good life lessons along the way.

May 1, 2009 Full Review

Bruce Bennett

Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

You won't see much new, but you'll enjoy every moment of it.

May 1, 2009 Full Review

Jeffrey Lyles

Gazette (MD)

Efron makes th emost of the stale script, but there's not that much to be made of it.

May 1, 2009 Full Review

Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

• 1. Janitor: Wondering what might have been.
  – Submitted by Kaye E (5 months ago)
• 1. Mike O'Donnell (17 years): ...I want to remind you of September 7th, 1988. It was the first time that I saw you. You were reading Less Than Zero. You were wearing a Guns N' Roses T-shirt I'd never seen anything so perfect. I remember thinking that I had to have you, or I'd die. Then you whispered that you loved me.....at the homecoming dance. And I felt.....so peaceful.....and safe. Because I knew that no matter what happened from that day on.....nothing could ever be that bad. Because I had you.
  – Submitted by Jayathra L (10 months ago)
• 1. Alex O'Donnell: And, um, I just want to tell you that you look like my dog.
  2. Nicole: Excuse me?
  3. Alex O'Donnell: Your hair looks like my dog's hair.
  4. Nicole: Oh, um...
  5. Alex O'Donnell: No, it's shiny and soft. We give my dog special food. It's got flax in it. She's a sweetheart. Well, she died.
  6. Nicole: So I look like your dead dog?
  7. Alex O'Donnell: I'm just really nervous, and I've wanted to talk to you for so long.
  – Submitted by Jayathra L (10 months ago)
• 1. Scarlet O'Donnell: [squeezing young Mike's face] You look just like my husband...
  – Submitted by Diego T (19 months ago)
• 1. Ned Gold: Okay, that's not safe or sanitary. That's your can now. We'll label it like that.
  – Submitted by rob g (2 years ago)
• 1. Ned Gold: I think our hands just made a baby.
  – Submitted by rob g (2 years ago)

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