Deciding to also try to fix his relationship with Scarlet, Mike begins to finish (under the pretense of getting 'volunteer credit') all the garden projects he had abandoned as an adult. Through their kids, Mike spends time with Scarlet, who notes his remarkable resemblance to her husband but rationalizes it as an odd coincidence.

As he befriends his bullied son and discovers that his daughter has a boyfriend, Stan, who does not respect her and frequently torments Alex, Mike comes to believe that his mission is to help them. Mike enrolls in high school posing as Mark Gold, Ned's son, and plans to go to college on a basketball scholarship. Later, while driving, an encounter on a bridge with a janitor transforms Mike back into his 17-year-old self.Īfter convincing Ned of his identity, Ned believes that Mike's transformation was caused by a mystical spirit guide who is trying to steer him on a better path. He has quit his job after he is passed over for a promotion he believed he deserves, and his high-school-age kids, 18-year-old Maggie and 16-year-old Alex, want nothing to do with him. Scarlet, now his wife and the mother of their two children, has filed for divorce, forcing him to move in with his geeky yet extremely wealthy, but equally unhappy, best friend, Ned Gold. Twenty years later, 37-year-old Mike finds his life stagnant and boring, abandoning any project he starts. Mike plays the first few seconds of the game before walking off the court to go after Scarlet, abandoning his hopes of going to college and achieving a career that could support their future. In 1989, 17-year-old star athlete Mike O'Donnell's girlfriend Scarlet Porter tells him that she is pregnant, just moments before his likely scholarship-clinching high-school championship basketball game. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $139 million. The film was released in the United States on April 17, 2009.

The film also stars Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon, Michelle Trachtenberg, Melora Hardin and Sterling Knight in supporting roles. The film follows a 37-year-old man named Mike ( Matthew Perry) who becomes his 17-year-old self ( Zac Efron) after a chance accident.

17 Again is a 2009 American teen fantasy comedy film directed by Burr Steers.

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