Freaky Friday
2003
This classic story of mother (Jamie Lee Curtis) and daughter (Lindsay Lohan) swapping bodies is a remake of the 1976 film starring the young Jodie Foster. Here, Tess Coleman (Curtis) is a widowed psychiatrist juggling her job and family while planning her second marriage. She's getting no help from her teenage daughter, Anna (.. Read more
| Starring | Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Harold Gould |
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| Director | Mark Waters |
| Genres | Comedy, Family, Teen |
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Freaky Friday
This classic story of mother (Jamie Lee Curtis) and daughter (Lindsay Lohan) swapping bodies is a remake of the 1976 film starring the young Jodie Foster. Here, Tess Coleman (Curtis) is a widowed psychiatrist juggling her job and family while planning her second marriage. She's getting no help from her teenage daughter, Anna (Lohan), who disapproves of her mum's wedding plans. Anna is a rebellious rocker, who plays guitar in a band and would rather flirt with older boys than listen to her worrying mother. One night, while the bickering mother and daughter are at a Chinese restaurant, their fighting is overheard by an elderly Chinese grandmother who curses their fortune cookie, so that they wake up the next morning in each other's bodies. An hysterical series of physical comedy routines show how Tess and Anna are forced to live in each other's bodies for the day, which happens to be the day of Tess's wedding rehearsal dinner and Anna's band audition for the House of Blues. Anna (in Tess's body) goes for a spin on the back of her boyfriend's motorbike, and gives her mum a makeover, and Tess (in Anna's body) stands up to a high school teacher. Jamie Lee Curtis is a comic genius in this challenging role, which requires that she slouch, swear, and flirt like a teenager.
| Starring | Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Harold Gould, Chad Michael Murray, Stephen Tobolowsky, Christina Vidal, Haley Hudson, Rosalind Chao |
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| Director | Mark Waters |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 33 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Family, Teen |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 26 Apr 2004 Production year: 2003 |
| Format | DVD |
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One of the few remakes that improves on the original (not, in this case, that difficult to do), with an excellent comic turn as a gawky teen from Jamie Lee Curtis.
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Hocus-pocus in a Chinese restaurant effects an alarming body-swap between warring teen Anna (Lohan) and her... read more on Time Out
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Freaky Friday
This is so much slicker than the 1970s original. Jamie Leigh-Curtis is an absolute joy to watch. This is the best comedy I have seen in ages!
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- TheMovieman from Ramsbottom
- Posted 12 Jul 2004 15:49
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This is a superb film that will never let you look at your watch. It has some really funny scenes and is shot and acted extremely well. The underlying theme of the generation gap is beautifully portrayed with wit and ironic insight. See it and feel good. Its a real gem. You'll never eat another fortune cookie without a flashback to the film. If you don't reach for the hankies during the last scenes, then you have a house brick where your heart ought to be. Go and treat yourself (and shed one for me whilst you're at it.......)
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