Life is full of choices. It is full of "would have, could have, and should have" moments. It passes us by in the blink of an eye and we wonder how we got where we are. Wow, this is a deep subject, instead of getting too deep, let's talk about a movie that makes a very comical and light hearted spin to such burning questions.
 
Adult Michael O'Donnell (Matthew Perry) is thirty years old and feels as if his life is full of "could have" moments. He could have played basketball in college. He could have actually gone to college. He could have been something. Well, through magical circumstances, Michael becomes a seventeen year old, at the peak of his life and where just about everything changed. Young Mike O'Donnell (Zac Efron) must figure out what his purpose for being 17 again is. Should he help out his children who are having so many issues with life and love, or should he try to relive his basketball glory days?
               
I will be up front about it, this film pleasantly surprised me. I was expecting to see nothing but Zac without a shirt on and a poor plot surrounding it (I am not complaining about the first part, just the latter). Well thankfully the plot was solid and comical. The comedy of this movie feeds off of awkward situations, and believe me, it will have you squirming in your seats but laughing at the same time. The supporting actors in the movie are all comedians in real life. It is almost as though the film makers called up Comedy Central and asked for the numbers of some of their comedians and they pick some great ones, including Jim Gaffigan. 
            
This movie is rated PG-13 for language, some sexual material, and teen partying. Language is expected from a movie with a PG-13 rating, but having the usually Mickey-Mouse-ear-wearing Efron say them is kind of a weird ordeal in and of itself. The sexual material although somewhat raunchy, is necessary to carry on the moral lesson about it in the end. As for the teen partying- it's a high school set movie with the very good looking Efron, so it is pretty much expected. While your young daughter might want to see it because of him, the material might not be suitable for her just yet.
            
While very few guys will want to see this movie willingly, girls ranging fromeight to eighteen will want to see it for the soul reason of seeing the shirtless Zac Efron (happens in the very first scene). This film will get a lot of good buzz and money from girls. Even though Efron wants to expand to an older age range, with the success of this film, he just might want to keep on his Mickey Mouse ears a little while longer. I give this movie three and a half out of five basketballs. Ladies, if you want to see this movie with your girlfriends, tell your boyfriend you are seeing it because of the story and not for any other reason *cough*shirtless Zac*cough*