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.
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