Endearingly funny.

| Dec 14, 2017

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 23, 2009

It relies primarily on charm and unabashed sweetness that perfectly suits Efron's easy grace.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 22, 2009

The film is an intoxicating blend of comedy and fantasy that's really difficult to dislike.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 17, 2009

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

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 17, 2009

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

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 17, 2009

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

Full Review | Apr 17, 2009

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

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 17, 2009

It could be better, it could be worse.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 17, 2009

17 Again takes a while to get cooking, and at times it just feels like a pale imitation of 13 Going on 30. Still, it's often breezily entertaining, partly thanks to Efron, who certainly knows how to be cute.

Full Review | Apr 17, 2009

If you're looking for the performance that might one day be characterized as Efron's embarrassing breakout role, this is a good bet.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 17, 2009

17 Again isn't a sophisticated work of art, nor was it intended to be. It's often silly, sometimes fun silly, sometimes too silly.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 17, 2009

The movie manages to glide along engagingly and swiftly.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 17, 2009

17 Again makes Xeroxes look original.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 17, 2009

Zac Efron, looking cool, is movie enough for the makers of 17 Again, a halfhearted fantasy that stars Efron in a role cryogenically frozen around the time of C. Thomas Howell's '80s heyday.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 17, 2009

When 17 Again isn't pilfering from its betters, it's engaging in the most Pavlovian button-pushing.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Apr 17, 2009

A decent time-passer for adults, and essential for any girl under 12.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 17, 2009

Keeps people and things moving fast enough so that you don't have time to worry about the details, like the inanity of the story.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 17, 2009

It's silly, but the generational love matches it entrains.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 17, 2009

17 Again is good-humoured, pacy and exactly the right kind of entertainment for its target audience.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 17, 2009