1) Who are the 5 most important characters in the film?
List out the names of the actors playing them .
- Zac Efron as Mike O'Donnell (17 years old) later also as Mark Gold.
- Matthew Perry as Mike O'Donnell (37 years old).
- Thomas Lennon as Ned Gold (37 years old).
- Sterling Knight as Alex O'Donnell.
- Leslie Mann as
Scarlet O'Donnell (37 years old).
2) What is the story about?The synopsis of this movie was about a star athlete, Mike O’Donnell cast by Zac Efron. He was headed straight for a college scholarship when he decided to give it up to settle down with his high school girlfriend, Scarlet is pregnant. 20 years later, an adult Mike played by Matthew Perry finds his life is not exactly what he expected. He is separated from his wife, Scarlett cast by Leslie Mann and live with his wealthy software genius nerd and best friend Ned Freedman cast by Thomas Lennon, his career at a pharmaceutical company is at a stand still, and his relationship with his teenage children are nonexistent.After getting another promotion at work, he returns to his high school to reminisce over his basketball awards and the life he could have had. While he is reliving his glory days, he is approached by a janitor and shares with him how things were so much better when he was 17. As Mike is driving home from the high school, he sees the mysterious janitor standing on the ledge preparing to jump into the Los Angeles River. Mike rushes out from his car to rescue him, but when he reaches there, the janitor has vanished.
What Mike doesn’t realize is that he is about to fall into the river and turn into his 17 year od self. Young Mike (Zac Efron) returns to Ned’s house where he face the difficulty to convince Ned that he is in fact Mike. At a loss what to do Ned pretends to be Mike’s father and ther register Mike back in high school to finish the life that he never had the chance to live. High school presents a lot of new challenges for Mike, such as dressing cool, keeping up with the latest gadgets and making new friends.But nothing compares to being in high school with his own children. He discovers that his daughter, Maggie cast by Michelle Trachtenberg is not nearly as innocent as he thought she was and his son, Alex cast by Sterling Knight is the brunt of the star athlete’s jokes. But Mike’s most difficult realization is that he hasn’t been a very good father or husband. Mike befriends Alex and tries to instill him with enough confidence to join the basketball team. He gets close to Maggie’s annoying and disgusting boyfriend and does everything in his power to break them up. Most importantly, he visits an unsuspecting Scarlet and rediscovers all the things that initially made him fall in love with her. Now, he must figure out a way to transform back into his older self and win back his wife and kids. - Video about 17 Again Movie
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