In my review of the new Zac Efron star vehicle 17 Again I discuss the film's tenuous class and sexual politics. Set in a SoCal suburbia where everyone except a mystical Santa-like janitor drives a new car and lives in a palatial home, the film has an outsized devotion to heterosexual monogamy, and the importance of marriage rather than contraception. Efron is set aside early on as much too precious for the mid-life crisis or high school coming-of-age comedy, and becomes little more than the narrative motor in his own star vehicle. Thankfully, a crack team of Reno 911!'s Thomas Lennon and the American Office's Melora Hardin do a formidable job of picking up the slack. Still, 17 Again never rises above the level of target demographic-tuned studio schlock. Read the whole review here.
17 Again
In my review of the new Zac Efron star vehicle 17 Again I discuss the film's tenuous class and sexual politics. Set in a SoCal suburbia where everyone except a mystical Santa-like janitor drives a new car and lives in a palatial home, the film has an outsized devotion to heterosexual monogamy, and the importance of marriage rather than contraception. Efron is set aside early on as much too precious for the mid-life crisis or high school coming-of-age comedy, and becomes little more than the narrative motor in his own star vehicle. Thankfully, a crack team of Reno 911!'s Thomas Lennon and the American Office's Melora Hardin do a formidable job of picking up the slack. Still, 17 Again never rises above the level of target demographic-tuned studio schlock. Read the whole review here.
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