Freaky Friday

Year of release : 2003

 

Run time : 1h37min

 

Genre : Comedy / Fantasy / Romance / Family

 

Cast : Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray

 

 

The movie is adapted from Mary Rodgers' novel of the same name,published in 1972! The book has been adapted for quite a few movies,in 1976, 1995, 2018, and is even adapted as a horror movie in Freaky!

 

Psychiatrist Tess,and her 15 year old daughter,Anna, have a shaky relationship,as they don't understand each other and fight all the time. Tess doesn't believe anything her daughter says, while Anna doesn't understand her mother's choices in life.

 

One night, while at an Asian restaurant,the mother of the owner, offers them cookies. They accept them, and as they read the fortune inside, an earthquake only they feel,takes place.

 

The next morning, Tess wakes up in Anna's body, and Anna in her mother's. This leads to a series of funny and embarrassing moments,as Tess is about to get married the very next day, and Anna has a concert with her band which comes once in a lifetime .

They have to put each other in the other one's shoes, making their best to work things out without messing the other one's life.

 

This is one of my favorite movies,it's so fun, the actors are great, especially the two female leads, Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan. It had heart, it had ridiculous funny scenes,it's honestly a feel good time movie about two generations seeing things from the other's perspective.

 

I liked how they got to understand each other ,accepting each other's choices in life,growing as people.

 

The only thing I didn't like about it was the outfits.

 

The movie received positive reviews, and grossed 160.8 million dollars at the box office, against a budget of 26 million.

Cinema Score audiences gave it an A-, on an A+ to F scale!

The movie was nominated for many awards, Jamie Lee Curtis being nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance.

Kristen Stewart, Evan Rachel Wood, Emmy Rossum, Kristen Bell, among others, were considered to play Anna.

Jared Padalecki auditioned to play Jake.

Gwen Stefani, Raven Symone, Ashley Tisdale, Sophia Bush and Kat Dennings auditioned to play the members of Anna's band!

Jodie Foster,who played the daughter in the 1976 version, refused to play Tess, and Annette Bening was cast as Tess, while Michelle Trachetenberg as Anna, Tom Selleck as Ryan, before they departed due to scheduling conflicts.

The movie has a sequel released in the summer of 2025,titled Freakier Friday.

 

Rating : Worth a watch !