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A dude (Matthew Perry) gets an opportunity to go back in time (where he’s played by Zac Efron) to better appreciate his life. I’m not sure what it would take to overcome a scenario as stale as the one at play here, but for a dug-up corpse, it’s not as rank as I thought it would be. Zac Efron shows (eating a little crow here) a modicum of talent and charisma, and he’s surrounded by a competent supporting cast that includes one of my favorite funny ladies, Leslie Mann. But only Efronites will be able to forgive the gimmickiness and predictability, as well as an ending that tries too hard to reassure married men that they’ve made the right decision.