This film essentially begins with an attractive woman by the name of "Jacquline" (Jennifer Freeman) wondering what her life would have been like if she had made better choices when she was younger. For starters, not only was she the most popular girl in high school, but her grades were such that she had plans on attending a college to become a doctor. Yet instead of that, she is currently trapped in a marriage to a husband named "Daniel" (Jean Elie) who doesn't love her and might even be cheating on her with a colleague from work. Along with that, even her two children take her for granted as well. Then one day, as luck would have it, while shopping with her best friend "Rosalyn" (Rhyon Nicole Brown), she happens to come across an old lady who grants her the power to go back to high school and correct some of the mistakes she made during that time. That being said, however, she is also advised that she will have to take responsibility for all of her choices that she now chooses to make. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that, even though I liked the overall concept, the characters chosen for this movie were simply not adequate for the task at hand. For starters, both Rhyon Nicole Brown and Kareem J. Grimes (as "Paul") looked much too old to be in high school. Likewise, the performance of Robert Ri'chard (as "Aaron") needed serious improvement as well. Talk about overacting. Throw in the fact that, having lost her mother during this exact same time, one would think that Jacquline would have placed less attention on going to high school activities and a lot more importance on her mother's health. But that's just me. In any case, although I thought that both Jennifer Freeman, and to a lesser extent Jean Elie, performed quite well, neither of them could overcome the rather glaring faults just mentioned, and I have rated this movie accordingly. Below average.
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