18 Again!

18 Again!

Infobox Film | name = 18 Again!


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director = Paul Flaherty
producer = Walter Coblenz
writer = Josh Goldstein and Jonathan Prince
starring = George Burns
Charlie Schlatter
Tony Roberts
music = Billy Goldenberg
cinematography = Barry Sonnenfeld
editing =
distributor = New World Entertainment
released = April 8, 1988 (USA)
runtime = 93 min.
language = English
budget =
amg_id = 1:58
imdb_id = 0094593

"18 Again!" is a 1988 comedy film starring George Burns. The plot involves a grandson switching souls with his grandfather by means of an accident. This was one of a series of unrelated films, including "Like Father, Like Son" and "Vice Versa", produced in the late 1980s involving a similar plotline.

Plot summary

Jack Watson (Burns) is a millonaire playboy who is about to turn 81 just as his grandson Charlie (Schlatter) is about to turn 18. Jack laments his old age and wishes to get back to his teens once more. When an accident switches their souls, Jack gets to live his grandson's life and all that it entails: school, sports and romance. Unfortunately, Charlie gets the raw end of the deal: as not only is he trapped in his grandfather's 81-year-old body, but he is also in a coma.

Jack gets to approach his family from a fresh point of view and doesn't always like what he sees: he's been a distant parent for his son Arnie (Roberts) and has repeatedly disregarded his ideas for improving the family company. He also finds out that not only is his trophy wife unfaithful, she even tries to seduce whom she thinks is her young step-grandson.

Jack's family decides to disconnect his 81-year-old body from life support. Knowing that this will kill Charlie, Jack has to rush back to save him and set things right.

imilar films

*"Freaky Friday" (1976)
*"Da grande" (1987)
*"Like Father Like Son" (1987)
*"14 Going on 30" (1988) (TV)
*"Vice Versa" (1988)
*"Big" (1988)
*"Dream a Little Dream" (1989)
*"Freaky Friday" (1995)
*"Seventeen Again" (2000)
*"Freaky Friday" (2003)
*"Naani" (Telugu) (2003)
*"13 Going on 30" also known as Suddenly 30 (2004)
*"New" (2004)
*"17 Again" (2008)

External links

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* [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=940DEFD7133CF93BA35757C0A96E948260 Original New York Times Review from 1987]
* [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19880408/REVIEWS/804080301/1023 Original Roger Ebert Review]


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