What do you think of when you hear the name Zac Efron? What comes to my mind is awful Disney-fied movies that corrupt the masses of children all over the world. But that might actually change now that I've seen this film.
The movie stars Zac Efron as a man who is transformed into his 17-year-old self by a sort of witch-doctor (or Spirit Guide, according to his best friend Ned, still in his 30s) in a effort for him to re-write his life. Now, when I heard that Zac Efron was in this, I was like "FML." And I'm sure most people did. But the movie was actually honestly funny, and highly entertaining, with buckets of pop culture and geekdom references, and a great cast.
Efron is actually a good actor! He sucessfully and convincingly plays the heartbroken man trying to reconnect with his kids and save his failing marriage. And the oh-so-awkward moments in his new body with his family are just too good to pass up. I actually saw this 3 times it was THAT good! Now that's saying something.
All in all, I'm going to give this movie a WIN- for overall win, but some points of dragging.
Great, now I have to go see it!
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