viewed 4/09, yo-up!
I took 4 of my kids to see it and expected a few laughs and mild entertainment for myself and ended up with a lot of laughs and being very much entertained. The kids all liked it too (ages 5, 7, 11, & 13)
Matthew Perry's character, Mike, has so many regrets in his life that he does not appreciate the wonderful family that he has. In a 'Freaky Friday' twist of fate he is transformed into his 17 year old body (Zac Efron) and has his long time best bud pretend to be his dad and sign him up for high school where his 2 kids attend and things get a little weird as he figures out not only who he was and who he wants to be, but also gets to know his family in a different light.
I thought the story line would be kind of tired, but it was a fresh take, plenty of humor, and I give Zac Efron kudos for his acting skills.
*SPOILER ALERT*
From the critic in me:
~scene where young Mike starts school, before school outside everyone is eyeing the new kid. He walks in the school and the bell rings and suddenly everyone is coming OUT of the classrooms and bumping into him, uh....huh?
~Mike's daughter gets her heart broken when the bad boyfriend breaks up with her because she didn't want to go "all the way." Then, all the sudden she gets frisky with 'dad' and is on the prowl. Hmmm...conflicting story line here & too over the top
~ Mike's girlfriend gets pregnant senior year and he leaves the game where the scout is watching him and ends the chance to play ball for a college team and ends his chance to even go to college? Ok, so I'm over-thinking the message, but that could have been written better....
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