Title: 17 Again

Date: 2009

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Internal Dynamics of Families

Keywords: adolescence, adulthood, divorce, parenting styles, work and family

Rating: PG 13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Audience(s): High School Age, College Age, Adults, Parents, Couples

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: At the age of 17, Mike O’Donnell loved his life. He was the star of his high school basketball team on the verge of getting a college scholarship for playing ball. He also was dating his soul-mate, Scarlet. At the game, Scarlet reveals that she is pregnant with Mike’s child so Mike proposes to his girlfriend. Fast forward 17 or so years, Scarlet has kicked him out of the house for being a poor husband and father and Mike has also lost his job. Mike returns to his high school, the last place he remembers being truly happy. A janitor asks him if he wishes he could be 17 again and he says yes. One rainy night, Mike is driving across a bridge where he sees the janitor about to jump and jumps in after him. After the fiasco, he goes to his high school best friend’s house and realizes he has transformed into his 17-year-old self. The movie follows Mike as he tries to get his wife and children back in his 17-year-old body.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: How does Mike try to parent his children even though they don’t recognize him as their father?

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Contributor: Krista Hamann