"Daddy is 17 again". Actors who made the journey to youth

Another school comedy "Pope again 17" (actors: Zach Efron, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon, Matthew Perry, Sterling Knight) should not be taken as a traditional teenage film intended for a narrow audience - young fans of the current favorite of the Disney studio. Despite the fact that the first episode practically copies the first scene of one of the most successful franchises "Classical Musical", the target audience of the picture will consist of representatives of different social and age groups of society. This was taken care of by the creators, who further developed the plot gave a nostalgic greetings from the 80's - added the characteristic features of the sub-genre "body swap movie" (films about the exchange of bodies). This move will surely attract former fans of paintings that have already become classics of the genre, like the fantastic comedy "Big" with Tom Hanks.

Share of common insanity

Concerns of film critics that the offspring of director Burr Steers at the output will turn into a mix of a typical youth comedy about a school with a typical picture about the crisis of middle age, fortunately did not materialize. The authors, filming the film "Pope again 17", successfully bypassed many cinematographic stamps quite boldly - they satiated the plot action with a certain amount of common insanity. As a result, the humor of the film is ridiculous, sometimes original. Screenwriter Jason Philardi went through the whole script of the film "Pope again 17" (the actors got the text already verified), without slipping into the banal, but without resorting to frank madness.

Description of the plot

The most popular young man in the school, Mike O'Donnell (Zac Efron), the star of the school basketball team, is looking forward to the decisive match of the championship with anticipation, as it will solve the issue of getting a scholarship for entering college. But just a few minutes before the start of a fateful game, the main character learns that his girlfriend Scarlett (Leslie Mann) is pregnant. The guy sacrifices his career and decides to marry her. As a result, after 20 years of marriage, he turns from a handsome sportsman into a loser with office dyspnea, bald head and belly (Matthew Parry plays an adult Mike). Family life of the couple is not going well, the couple are constantly in conflict, and the matter is steadily going to divorce. Mike, periodically regretting the "ruined youth", once meets a strange "Santa Claus". He returns the hero to his young 17-year-old body. The rejuvenated Mike (again Zac Efron) falls into the same school that his native children visit - son Alex (Sterling Knight) and daughter Maggie (Michelle Trachtenberg). Mike has a unique chance to put things in order in his family and life.

Acting Casting

An impeccable actor's play is one of the "whales" on which the entire comedy film "Pope Again 17" is held. Actors: M. Perry, T. Lennon, M. Trachtenberg, L. Mann, M. Hardin, S. Knight, Z. Efron - and other actors of casting are deserving of all praise. Applause is also worthy of Russian dubbing. But the picture would not be half so funny, if it were not for the participation of Thomas Lennon and his wonderful character - Ned Gold. According to the unwritten laws of the genre, the main character always has a true friend / companion / helper, not so handsome, but certainly true, faithful and funny. This time this character is smart, he is a real genius with decent financial capabilities, a real fan of computer games and the epic Star Wars. To all the same, he teaches the elven language, for the most part is in a euphoric state, manages to fall in love with the director. This charismatic character instantly captures spectator sympathy.

Not without stamps

No matter how the creators and participants of the comedy "Pape again 17" tried: the actors, the crew and the screenwriter with the director - but still some of the youth comedy stamps about the school could not be circumvented. These details do not build a plot, but the inveterate film-man in the eye rushes, although they represent an addition to the main action. If we take into account that there is not a bit of vulgar humor and jokes in the film, we can say with certainty: this work is one of the best in its genre and thematic focus. The project did not have enough smallness to step over the universally recognized scope of the genre and become an independent and self-sufficient film.

With nostalgia, but not without posturing

The authors of the film, without hiding their nostalgia for their own youth, put their own photographs from their school albums into the final credits of the film, which is very touching. Posturing, which is built the most of the modern youth comedies, although it is present in the film, but it does not irritate. Let the film of Berra Steers do not become a nugget, and it can not be called a landmark project, it's still a very high-quality comedy film, in which posing inspires the soul. It can be safely recommended for viewing to all lovers of family, kind, sincere and real comedy films.