Mondays are manic. Wednesdays are wild. And Fridays are about to get a little freaky.
Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek at how the other person feels, thinks and lives.
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Contemporary, resolved, effortless and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
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- Kamuraion TMDB · Jul 20207/10
Really good watch, will watch again, and can recommend. I'm not sure what it is about this movie, but it's just an easy, fun watch. Jamie Lee Curtis is a seasoned actress, and Lindsey Lohan had finally built enough experience to be reliable in this role where she's basically doing an impression of Jamie Lee Curtis being her mom. I'm not a huge fan of either one, but I'm not going to deny their acting "chops" and they bring it here, giving the audience a natural and fun atmosphere to the dilemma. There are several very good improvements on original movie in this: cutting a lot of the thought narrative, adding a medium for the swap magic, having them wake up different instead of insta-switching, and several of the added plot lines really help fill out the world better. A career woman is more interesting to follow than a housewife (not that it's necessarily more important), the romance line(s) in this are surprising and slightly less creepy, and swapping a sports game out for musical show not only allowed for the cross competition between character events, but also allows for some great alt rock music throughout the movie: I'll admit to enjoying a movie more when I can relate to the m
Read the whole review on TMDB - r96skon TMDB · Nov 20208/10
Unlike with <em>'The Parent Trap'</em> films, there is a fair gap in favour of the original for <em>'Freaky Friday'</em>. This 2003 remake is still very good, I definitely enjoyed it. It just feels a little hollow in some areas, at least until the sweet ending. Lindsay Lohan is great as the daughter, giving Jodie Foster a solid match. Jamie Lee Curtis gives a fairly strong performance, though Barbara Harris' portrayal of the mother is superior in my opinion. There's fun to be had here for sure, it's just not on the same level as the excellent original for me.
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Cast
- Lindsay LohanAnna Coleman
- Jamie Lee CurtisTess Coleman
- Harold GouldGrandpa
- Chad Michael MurrayJake
- Mark HarmonRyan
- Stephen TobolowskyMr. Bates
- Christina Vidal MitchellMaddie
- Ryan MalgariniHarry Coleman
- Haley HudsonPeg
- Rosalind ChaoPei-Pei
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- Mark WatersDirector
- Heather HachScreenplay
- Leslie DixonScreenplay
- Oliver WoodDirector of Photography
- Rolfe KentOriginal Music Composer
- Bruce GreenEditor
- Andrew GunnProducer
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