[imdb 17 Again]17 Again was very cute.  The trailer portrayed it very well:  a light-hearted, magical romp where everyone finds their true place in life.  Yes, it’s an old story, but the film does a good job of taking a tired fairy tale and giving it a new spin.  There weren’t any especially riotously funny parts, but it gave my friend and me a good time.

I think the trailer did a nice job of succinctly setting up the main plot of the film without giving us a play-by-play.  There were a few details in the set-up that were rightly left out of the preview, and made for some nice dramatic tension.  This strategy is in direct opposition to, say, Funny People’s trailer, where the audience already knows the ins and outs of the conflict without even watching the film.

On the whole, though, the trailer for 17 Again leaves very few surprises for the viewer.  You can pretty much guess how to film is going to flow.  Just from watching the trailer, my fiance took note of the scene where Effron has his arm around his “daughter” Michelle Trachtenberg.  Dan predicted that there was going to be a little confusion on the daughter’s part, what with the sexy, talented new kid paying her a bunch of unwarranted attention.  Who can blame the poor girl?  Just goes to show you that magical time-travel can lead into some sticky situations (see Back to the Future).

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