Maybe it's just because I'm not really into these teen romance movies, but I really wasn't impressed. If I'm honest, I was actually expecting it to be mildly entertaining. Entertaining in a bad way, but still entertaining. However, it wasn't even that.
The only parts of the movie that I actually enjoyed were Efron's sudden change into Perry, and Efron's character's wife failing to recognise him, after he became '17 again'. I found it quite remarkable that ones appearance can be changed so dramatically after ageing a couple of decades. What was almost as incredible is the fact that Efron and his character's wife were childhood sweethearts, but she couldn't even recognise that it was him when he aged back a few years...
Even without the major plot holes, though, this movie is dreadful. I couldn't find an actual story anywhere, and I'm not exactly sure what the lead character learned or was supposed to learn about himself, after going back to his teen years. I certainly learned nothing from it, anyway.
The only parts of the movie that I actually enjoyed were Efron's sudden change into Perry, and Efron's character's wife failing to recognise him, after he became '17 again'. I found it quite remarkable that ones appearance can be changed so dramatically after ageing a couple of decades. What was almost as incredible is the fact that Efron and his character's wife were childhood sweethearts, but she couldn't even recognise that it was him when he aged back a few years...
Even without the major plot holes, though, this movie is dreadful. I couldn't find an actual story anywhere, and I'm not exactly sure what the lead character learned or was supposed to learn about himself, after going back to his teen years. I certainly learned nothing from it, anyway.