FREAKY FRIDAY

Language: English
Runtime: 93 min
Dir: Mark S. Waters
Release Date:19/12/03
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Based on the book by Mary Rodgers (which was also the inspiration for the '77 film of the same name). Freaky Friday is not only the most consistently funny of the year, but it is wise, in its own way, and actually has something truthful to say about parental and sibling relationships.
It stars Jamie Lee Curtis as uptight psychologist Tess Coleman and Lindsay Lohan as her punk rockin' daughter Anna. The two don't seem to get along at all, fighting constantly. After a Chinese restaurateur�s meddling mother gives Tess and Anna enchanted fortune cookies that compel them to swap bodies. As predicted, Anna and Tess discover how difficult the other person's life is and learn to understand each other; the ways in which it is handled is intelligent and sometimes even surprising.
It is hard to complain about anything in "Freaky Friday." Its drama is more subtle and believable than most PG-rated family films. "Freaky Friday" is warm-hearted without being soft, and a comic delight. I give this film a well deserved 4 out of 5.

- Caroline M.

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Freaky Friday is a Walt Disney picture, which stars Jamie Lee Curtis, and Lindsay Lohan. It's a mixture of comedy, drama and a bit of romance. It is about a mother who is over loaded with work and a teenage girl who do not see eye to eye. They switch bodies and live each other's life for one day. They realise that both their lives are just as tough as each other's.
The remake of the 1976 film turned out to be quite enthralling. It is an interesting modern day interpretation that represents the problem of parents and their children not understanding how difficult each other lives are. Since there have been many remakes of the film it understandably has a predictable ending. Moreover it was not as funny as it seems to be portrayed. Jamie Lee Curtis gives an amazing and active performance especially when she plays the role of her daughter. Like any Disney film it leaves you smiling.

- Lisa P.

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