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2003 Certificate PG
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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
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
Director Mark Waters
Studio WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 33 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Comedy, Family, Teen
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 26 Apr 2004
Production year: 2003
  • Critics' reviews (3) of Freaky Friday

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  • 2 stars out of 4

    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.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
  • 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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  • 63 out of 72 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5.0 stars

    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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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 2.0 stars

    Freaky Friday

    In a far off galaxy long long ago (1948), the brilliant 26-year-old Peter Ustinov cut his directing teeth writing and directing a film called Vice Versa (based ... more

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