Freaky Friday
Directed by Mark WatersMother 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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Freaky Friday Ratings & Reviews
- Dan Hernandez7d agoI think Jaime Lee Curtis 'overacted' in this one to a fault. I just didn't like her method on this one. I was sick this weekend when I did a re-watch and just found it kind of annoying.
- CLHSeptember 21, 2025Classic
- spike1478__September 3, 2025I'd never seen this, it was amazing I loved it so much!
- Hadiyah WeaverApril 22, 2025Unforgettable and still one of my favorites
- slider7420August 28, 2025This review may contain spoilers. Without burying the lead - If you like Freaky Friday (in any of its incarnations), you are going to like Freakier Friday. It is difficult to say that this is not a rehashed concept because we've seen it many times, but I don't feel like that was really a concern of this movie, so we can eliminate that as a criticism. It's been 22 years since Anna (Lindsay Lohan) and Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis) have had their body swap and learned the lessons that allow them to undo the switch. So one could easily think, "Why would we need to see this again?" However, in this case, the swap has an added layer of complexity, an added twist if you will. Anna is an adult now and has a daughter of her own, Harper (Julia Butters). Tess is living with them, so we have three generations of women living under one roof, and they could not be more different from each other. To add to this chaotic dynamic, Anna has recently met Eric (Manny Jacinto), and this relationship evolves quickly, to the point where they are going to get married. Manny also has a daughter, Lily (Sophia Hammons), who incidentally is in the same class as Harper - and they cannot stand each other - and they are about to become sisters. Here is where the new layer of swap complexity comes into play. Not only are Anna and Tess going to swap - instead of with each other, they swap with the daughter and granddaughter - Anna and Harper are one swap and Tess and Lily are the other. In the first act, they keep you guessing on who is going to swap with whom, and when it happens, the scene is hilariously chaotic. I felt that Jamie Lee Curtis had the most fun in this scene as the teenage diva Lily wakes up in a grandmother's body, and the meltdown is hilariously real! If I were to levy one criticism about this is that it is a bit difficult to follow who inhabits whom for a short while, but once you get it straight it is a non issue. This incarnation of the swap gives both Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan the freedom to really exercise their comedy chops playing two teenage girls, who now see an opportunity as adults and run a "reverse parent trap" to keep their parents from getting married, and thus (perceivingly) ruining their lives. Since they have to work together, they evolve from enemies to frenemies, and ultimately come to understand each other. Curtis and Lohan also get some meaty emotional scenes as the understanding of Harper and Lily's characters deepen. Conversely, you have the adults Anna and Tess in the teenage girls' bodies who are on a mission to get the swap reversed but are often distracted by the prospect of reliving their youth. This provides more comic fodder but also highlights the stand out performance of Julia Butters who is initially an angsty teen who now gets to play the mature adult (at times). It really highlighted Butter's talents as an actress and I hope we see more of her on screen in the future. There were lots of surprises for me personally seeing that they managed to get all of the original cast members (Chad Michael Murray (Jake), Mark Harmon (Ryan), Christina Vidal Mitchell (Maddie), Haley Hudson (Peg), Lucille Soong (Pei-Pei's mom), Stephen Tobolowsky (Mr. Bates), and Rosalind Chao (Pei-Pei) all make appearances), but the biggest surprise for me was the addition of Maitreyi Ramakrishnan's character of Ella. I love Maitreyi Ramakrishnan from the series "Never Have I Ever", and she was a welcome addition to this cast! Overall, this is a solid comedy that has some well executed emotional beats that tie this movie together and make it a worthy successor to the original film. I was saddened by how empty the theater I was in was, but I am hoping word of mouth brings in more audiences, though I fear many will simply wait for it to drop on streaming services.
- JoelJuly 20, 2025not bad, if only this Friday was a little freakier tho
- Mr HitmanAugust 10, 2025It's a fun movie to watch in family
- DaddyAugust 23, 2025I woke up in Chris Browns body
- ርልዪረAugust 6, 2025This was such a great Disney comedy that was adapted from the book, Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers. I really liked watching Freaky Friday (August 6, 2003). I have just watched it twice on Disney+ now. I watched it for the first time on Disney+ around April 2022, & now again tonight on Disney+ with my friends at the church for movie night on July 28, 2025. I remember that Anna & Tess Coleman have switched bodies through most of the movie when they were so confused and upset. Anna loves being a rockstar with her friends in the movie, & Tess is the therapist asking depressed people questions. I noticed when they went to bed after waking up, their bodies changed & I heard them scream which was so embarrassing to them. I loved some of the songs in this movie like What I Like About You by Lillix, & ...Baby One More Time by Bowling for Soup, & What a Wonderful World by Joey Ramone, & those songs that I knew were cover versions. This is one of the best Disney comedies that anybody could ever watch & I may want to watch it again if I want. I will hope to read the book, Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers someday even though I have never read the book. I will be watching Freaky Friday (January 21, 1977) on Disney+ with my Mommy next, & I am going to be watching Freakier Friday (August 8, 2025) later in theaters this summer.
- digitalk8August 4, 2025Good fun, good acting, fun story. One of the last good Disney movies before they went woke.
- Kevin WardJuly 2, 2025Stone Cold Classic. Underrated Jamie Lee performance.
Freaky Friday Trivia
Freaky Friday was released on August 6, 2003.
Freaky Friday was directed by Mark Waters.
Freaky Friday has a runtime of 1 hr 37 min.
Freaky Friday was produced by Andrew Gunn.
The key characters in Freaky Friday are Anna Coleman (Lindsay Lohan), Tess Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis), Grandpa (Harold Gould).
Freaky Friday is rated PG.
Freaky Friday is a Comedy, Family, Fantasy film.
Freaky Friday has an audience rating of 5.8 out of 10.