Review of 17 Again

17 Again (2009)
1/10
Has Hollywood ran out of good ideas?
16 April 2009
I truly have become more convinced that Hollywood has been bankrupt of good ideas or good filmmakers who are in touch with what the audience really want to see. Boring, unimaginative, and completely lacking of good film-making. This film clearly show a complete lack of passion and vision. It imitates what others have so brilliantly forged but still falls flat. Burr Steers? Can someone say the emperor has no clothes? I would have loved to have been sitting in that studio/executive's office during the pitch for this concept. Why were they not thrown out on their behind, I will never know. What do they expect when they start with a very lame script, and then hire a completely inadequate director, Burr Steers, who does not know the craft if it were fed to him with a silver spoon. But wait, I think that is exactly how he got his job...not his skill but his inner connections. The agent for Zac should be fired for choosing such a vehicle to launch his rise into a leading man. Burr steers should never go near comedy again or even near film-making in general.
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