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17 Again (2009)
★ 6.3 · 5,407 ratings on TMDB
Who says you're only young once?
On the brink of a midlife crisis, 30-something Mike O'Donnell wishes he could have a "do-over." And that's exactly what he gets when he wakes up one morning to find he's 17 years old again. With his adult mind stuck inside the body of a teenager, Mike actually has the chance to reverse some decisions he wishes he'd never made. But maybe they weren't so bad after all.
DirectorBurr Steers
The emergence reading
17 Again keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing identity, family, love.
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⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E6agingbody age reset to 17 while mind remains adult (biology · personal)