Rewind (17 again)
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0Rewind, Based on 17 Again ||**—SPOILER ALERT—**|| (2009) tells the story of Mike O’Donnell, a 37-year-old man dissatisfied with how his life turned out. Once a high school basketball star with a promising future, Mike gave it all up to marry his girlfriend, Scarlett, when she became pregnant. Now, his marriage is falling apart, his relationship with his teenage children is strained, and he feels stuck in a dead-end job.
After a strange encounter with a janitor, Mike magically transforms into his 17-year-old self, though he retains all his adult memories and experiences. Seeing this as a second chance, Mike enrolls in high school, posing as his best friend Ned’s nephew. While initially focused on reliving his youth, Mike quickly turns his attention to helping his children, Alex and Maggie, who attend the same school. He discovers Alex is being bullied and struggling to make the basketball team, while Maggie is in a harmful relationship with her boyfriend.
As Mike tries to support his kids, he also reconnects with Scarlett, even though she doesn’t know he’s her husband in teenage form. Through his journey, Mike realizes that his happiness didn’t lie in reliving his past, but in reconnecting with his family and appreciating the life he already had. He learns to value his role as a father and husband, choosing to return to his adult life to make things right.
Anyways, you wake up… and look at the mirror… you see yourself as a 17 year old boy…
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