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17 Again

Movie · 2009 · 102 min

A light, playful body-swap comedy that mixes teen high jinks with gentle midlife regrets and a warm second-chance romance.

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2009 film directed by Burr Steers
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Year
2009
Runtime
102 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • coming-of-age
  • redemption
  • identity
Places
  • suburbs
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour6
Realism4
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

Details

Genres
fantasy, teen, coming-of-age, romantic comedy
Directed by
Burr Steers
Written by
Jason Filardi
Starring
Zac Efron, Matthew Perry, Michelle Trachtenberg, Leslie Mann, Kat Graham, Sterling Knight, Margaret Cho, Melora Hardin
Music
Rolfe Kent
Cinematography
Tim Suhrstedt
Runtime
102 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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