I have disturbing news about those countless movies in which pairs of characters switch bodies and walk two moons in each others’ Reeboks: They’re often good! Seriously. From Big and Vice Versa to the Lindsay Lohan Freaky Friday remake and the Katherine Heigl TV movie Wish Upon a Star , the switcheroo trope is a proven success model. There are exceptions, of course — such as Like Father, Like Son and The Hot Chick — but it’s hard to screw up a formula that forces its stars to go so broad. Then there’s 17 Again , which forces its stars (including switcheroo movie The Change-Up ‘s Leslie Mann ) into a story about grim adulthood and Zac Efron hair. It’s bad with Garnier succulence!
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Bad Movies We Love: 17 Again
