Back in the Day

2014

Comedy

Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 11% · 9 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 47% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.0/10 10 1888 1.9K

Plot summary

Sometimes in order to move forward, you have to go back. And in this raunchy comedy, Jim Owens does just that when he heads home for his high school reunion. In an attempt to relive the glory days with his boys and explore an old romance, he nearly destroys his hometown and friendships.



October 26, 2023 at 11:02 PM

Director

Michael Rosenbaum

Top cast

Morena Baccarin as Laurie Miller
Michael Rosenbaum as Jim Owens
Nick Swardson as Ron Freeman
Danielle Bisutti as Annette Taylor
720p.BLU
864.57 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
R
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by danew13 4 / 10

A "So What" Film thanks to a Weak Script

This is another pseudo nostalgic film where a struggling actor in Hollywood (Michael Rosenbaum)takes a journey down memory lane by flying back to Indiana for his high school reunion…and to hook up with his old flame, played by lovely Morena Baccarin.

The trouble is she's about to be married after waiting years for her first love who never came back.

Had the writer,who's also Rosenbaum, a better grasp of what moviegoers want to see he would have dwelled on this, eventually setting up a Graduate style bust-up at the wedding.

Instead most of the film dealt with his old high school buddies and pointless flashbacks to the pranks they pulled as teenagers.

In the end he heads back to L.A., sadder but wiser and with a new hot chick in his life.

Also in the end you ask yourself why did I waste time on this banal, rather un-funny and pointless film that lacks charm and direction...the script that is. Still, the director was also Rosenbaum.

Reviewed by subxerogravity 5 / 10

It's a decent watch

I really did like the concept of the film. Michael Rosenbaum plays an actor unhappy with the way his life went, and when he comes back home to his high school reunion and tries to relive his glory days, which includes rekindling the magic with his high school sweet heart. It sounds like the regular formula but it's actually done more sophisticated than expected.

Much props to Rosenbaum who was able to direct and act at the same time getting a lot from his character.

The movie is filled with a few laughs, the best I feel come from a character named Ron, played by Nick Swardson who peaked in Jr. High after everyone was able to grow facial hair like he could.

Although all the characters are interesting not all the actors were. I did not feel the chemistry that would suggest these guys are friends, yet alone for 20 years. I did not feel it click.

Plus, this may be me nick picking, but the movie suggest that they are the class of 1994, yet I kept getting a late 80s vibe from the whole thing. I feel they really missed an opportunity to make fun of the 90s that could have added some much needed jokes.

Overall it was good.

Reviewed by spmact 5 / 10

Not very memorable

I saw the great reviews here and, while not expecting a lot, I decided to give this a chance (especially because I like Morena Baccarin). Unfortunately, she wasn't enough to save this film. Now I see that the glowing reviews were probably written by friends of the director. That's my only explanation for how a movie with a rating under 5 can have five of its six reviews give it 10 star ratings.

The movie wasn't horrible, but not very memorable either. It didn't have many laughs (I only chuckled a few times) and didn't really have much charm either. Instead it relied on cliché characters who, while really trying to be, just weren't very funny.

It's more of a commentary on wanting to recapture the good old days than a comedy.

If you want to see a funny movie about a high school reunion, I recommend American Reunion instead. That has more memorable characters, more charm and, more importantly, much more humour.

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