18 Again!

1988 "His mind was 81. His body was 18. When Jack Watson found his fountain of youth, it overflowed with comedy."
18 Again!
5.8| 1h40m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 08 April 1988 Released
Producted By: New World Pictures
Country: United States of America
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18 Again! is a 1988 comedy film starring George Burns and Charlie Schlatter. 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.

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Uriah43 "David Watson" (Charlie Schlatter) is an 18-year old college freshman who is in the process of attempting to pledge to a fraternity. His worst antagonist is a senior in that same fraternity named "Russ" (Anthony Starke) who just so happens to have a girlfriend by the name of "Robin Morrison" (Jennifer Runyon) who David is also quite smitten with. In any case, one night while out with his grandfather, "Jack Watson" (George Burns) an auto accident creates a situation in which the soul of Jack is transplanted into David—and vice versa. So now, rather than being 81 years old, Jack is now 18. And being extremely outgoing, Jack becomes quite determined to make the most of the situation. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that I thought that this was a pretty good comedy all around with both George Burns and Charlie Schlatter performing in a fine manner. Likewise, having an attractive actress like Jennifer Runyon certainly helped to improve the scenery as well. Be that as it may, I enjoyed this movie and I have rated it accordingly. Above average.
gridoon2018 Superficially, "18 Again!" is a harmless, easygoing, sometimes even heartwarming comedy. But you don't need to look too hard to see the unsavory subtexts (like a 80+ year old man flirting with women one quarter his age, which is apparently OK because his mind and personality are inside a young body), which are completely ignored, as is the predicament of the young man, whose mind is trapped inside George Burns' body and remains in a coma nearly for the duration. I called the movie "lazy" because, not only does it give us just one side of the coin, but it shows little imagination even in the presentation of that one side (the sole exception may be a large-scale 1920s-style party that Burns organizes). On the bright side, Charlie Schlatter is likable as "himself" and spot-on as "Burns", Burns as Burns tells one or two good jokes, and Anita Morris is so sexy and busty she stops the show. ** out of 4.
SmileyGreg17 This is a heart warming film. I'm not a typical person to like 80's cinema, though i do like all manners of comedies, though this is great. I've never seen a George Burns film & i really liked it. He obviously passed his comedy talent on to Pauly Shore and it was interesting to see a film in which Pauly was an actor & not a comedien playing an actor. You know what really would have been interesting. If this was made once Pauly had his image established, there could've been a couple of great scenes with Burns trying to understand what he was saying & stuff. This film is great, & you don't have to be a fan of 80's cinema to enjoy it throughly. Two very enthusiastic thumbs up. Also, some might say that this has played too much on a body switching premise of the late 80's but i think it had a nice angle on it, and i loved this film
Coxer99 Charming comedy about the fate that intervenes in the lives of Jack, a swinging 81 year old bachelor who has everything but youth, and his grandson David, who change souls after a freak accident. Burns is lovely, but it is Schlatter who steals the picture with a witty and youthful version of Burns.