Amazon.co.uk Review
In the wonderfully entertaining Freaky Friday, teenager Anna (Lindsay Lohan) and her fortysomething psychiatrist mum Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis) have sunk into a rut of frustrated bickering--until a magic spell causes them to switch bodies. Suddenly Tess finds herself faced with petty teachers, vicious rivals and a hunky boy, while Anna has to cope with her mother's neurotic patients as well as her befuddled fiancé (Mark Harmon), who doesn't understand why his bride-to-be is suddenly recoiling from his embrace on the eve of their wedding. Both Lohan and Curtis turn in deft, delightful performances, with Curtis showing a surprising flair for physical comedy. The movie even manages to explore serious issues about fractured families, new parents and adolescent sexuality with honesty and empathy--and without making the story stop dead in its tracks. This 2003 remake of the 1977 original is a mother-daughter film that fathers and sons can enjoy just as much. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews:
Exhilaratingly funny but kind of shallow.......2007-11-27
Only Hollywood can invent such a comedy, but what a comedy indeed ! Imagine a mother and a daughter in the trap of some Chinese magic and the mother is the daughter and vice versa till a certain prediction is fulfilled. And the mother-daughter is getting ready for her re-marrying on the following day, and the daughter-mother is to perform in a rock concert and is falling in love for a young high-school junior or so. And, etc. ... Imbroglio upon imbroglio. When you get one, like one spaghetto I guess, you never see the end of its multiplication, like with spaghetti I guess again. Funny, light, extremely superficial but definitely entertaining and pervaded with enough empathy not to be turned off or down by the over-sentimental and don't-start-all-that-mess-again ending.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines
Not freaky enough.......2006-09-28
This remake is updated but I would rather watch the original from Disney which is excellent and very funny even thought it is very old it works on every level and makes a graet film and Disney magic pulls it together truely magical this is the ulimate role change story
Exellent body swap movie.......2006-05-31
This movie exceeded expectations. Both Curtis and Lohan turn in believable performances and there are some very funny moments.Good family entertainment. One to rent.
Hugely Enjoyable Family Film.......2005-12-12
I haven't seen the original but this remake is very enjoyable - funny, poignant and moving. The acting is great, the script perfect, and it gives you a warm happy feel.Perhaps a few elements could have been done better (e.g. teenager as therapist that could have been hilarious but it was left a bit cold), but overall it is a great film. Perfect for a winter's evening for all the family 3 - 103.
SUCH A BRILLIANT FILM!.......2005-10-09
I love this film! Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis are well cast and the supporting actors are just as good in this romantic comedy. We all wish at some time that we could swap places with someone else so that they would learn to be more appreciative and in Freaky Friday this is exactly what happens when a harassed psychologist mum trades bodies with her daring, guitar playing daughter Anna (or Anna Banana!) The message of this film is so good and teamed up with a great cast, hilarious lines and some great music makes Freaky Friday a must-see for children, teens and even adults!
Amazon.co.uk Review
In the wonderfully entertaining Freaky Friday, teenager Anna (Lindsay Lohan) and her fortysomething psychiatrist mum Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis) have sunk into a rut of frustrated bickering--until a magic spell causes them to switch bodies. Suddenly Tess finds herself faced with petty teachers, vicious rivals and a hunky boy, while Anna has to cope with her mother's neurotic patients as well as her befuddled fiancé (Mark Harmon), who doesn't understand why his bride-to-be is suddenly recoiling from his embrace on the eve of their wedding. Both Lohan and Curtis turn in deft, delightful performances, with Curtis showing a surprising flair for physical comedy. The movie even manages to explore serious issues about fractured families, new parents and adolescent sexuality with honesty and empathy--and without making the story stop dead in its tracks. This 2003 remake of the 1977 original is a mother-daughter film that fathers and sons can enjoy just as much. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews:
Exhilaratingly funny but kind of shallow.......2007-11-27
Only Hollywood can invent such a comedy, but what a comedy indeed ! Imagine a mother and a daughter in the trap of some Chinese magic and the mother is the daughter and vice versa till a certain prediction is fulfilled. And the mother-daughter is getting ready for her re-marrying on the following day, and the daughter-mother is to perform in a rock concert and is falling in love for a young high-school junior or so. And, etc. ... Imbroglio upon imbroglio. When you get one, like one spaghetto I guess, you never see the end of its multiplication, like with spaghetti I guess again. Funny, light, extremely superficial but definitely entertaining and pervaded with enough empathy not to be turned off or down by the over-sentimental and don't-start-all-that-mess-again ending.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines
Not freaky enough.......2006-09-28
This remake is updated but I would rather watch the original from Disney which is excellent and very funny even thought it is very old it works on every level and makes a graet film and Disney magic pulls it together truely magical this is the ulimate role change story
Exellent body swap movie.......2006-05-31
This movie exceeded expectations. Both Curtis and Lohan turn in believable performances and there are some very funny moments.Good family entertainment. One to rent.
Hugely Enjoyable Family Film.......2005-12-12
I haven't seen the original but this remake is very enjoyable - funny, poignant and moving. The acting is great, the script perfect, and it gives you a warm happy feel.Perhaps a few elements could have been done better (e.g. teenager as therapist that could have been hilarious but it was left a bit cold), but overall it is a great film. Perfect for a winter's evening for all the family 3 - 103.
SUCH A BRILLIANT FILM!.......2005-10-09
I love this film! Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis are well cast and the supporting actors are just as good in this romantic comedy. We all wish at some time that we could swap places with someone else so that they would learn to be more appreciative and in Freaky Friday this is exactly what happens when a harassed psychologist mum trades bodies with her daring, guitar playing daughter Anna (or Anna Banana!) The message of this film is so good and teamed up with a great cast, hilarious lines and some great music makes Freaky Friday a must-see for children, teens and even adults!
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