Freaky FridayReviews: Freaky Friday
directed by: Mark Waters Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780788848605 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 0788848607 Label: Buena Vista Pictures Languages: Manufacturer: Buena Vista Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Buena Vista Pictures Release Date: December 16, 2003 Running Time: 97 minutes Studio: Buena Vista Pictures Theatrical Release Date: August 06, 2003 Rating:  - A Rollicking Good Time!In tradition of The Princess Diaries, Disney's Freaky Friday is the extremely funny and heartwarming comedy everyone will love. Dr. Tess Coleman(the hilarious Jamie Lee Curtis) and her teenage daughter Anna(rockin' Lindsay Lohan) have one thing in common - they don't relate to each other on anything. Not clothes or men or Anna's passion to rock band. Nothing. Then one night a little mystic mayham changes their lives and they wake up to the biggest freak-out ever. Tess and Anna are trapped inside each other's body! But Tess's wedding is Saturday. and the two must find a way to switch back - fast! Literally forced to walk in each other's shoes, will they gain respect and understanding for the other's point of view? Filled with heart, Freaky Friday is freaking fun everyone can enjoy together. Rating: - William ByersThis product is no longer available in stores, so I was happy to see that I could purchase it from Amazon. It arrived at my home in just a few days and in perfect condition. I have found Amazon a very convenient way to purchase items and am extremely pleased with the excellent service. Rating: - Loved it.I watched this movie with my 13 year old son. We'd been bickering one afternoon, and he went to his room to get away from me. This movie came on the TV. I watched the first 5 minutes and thought it was so perfectly humorous, I called my son in to watch it. We both loved it. The themes between a teenage girl & her mom can apply in some respects to what a teenage son and his mom experience. My son & I both have to see good acting for a movie to truly appeal to us, this has it. Lindsay Lohan's partying ways in her personal life overshadow her acting abilities, but with the right roles, she's great, and she flawlessly pulls this role off. Jamie Lee offers the perfect portrayal of a teenager in an adult body. Two pivotal characters who appear for only a brief time are the mother & daughter who run the Chinese restaurant. They couldn't be better at these small but important parts in this story. One of my favorite movies. Rating: - Freaky Friday, an awesome movie!very funny and entertaining. Highly recommend for teenage girls or for the whole family! Rating: - Funny Generational Myopia (Region 2 DVD)I am generally apprehensive regarding remakes because they are often inferior to the original. I avoided this movie in the theaters for that reason. Eventually we got the DVD and I gritted my teeth to watch. To my surprise the remake covers new territory in switch films and was quite enjoyable. As with the original, the interplay is between mother Tess Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Annabell Coleman (Lindsay Lohan). However, in the original the daughter, played by Jodi Foster, was the stronger of the two roles and the mother just didn't quite spark my interest after the switch. In this movie both characters play well and Jamie Lee Curtis proves once again what a great actress she is. The best part of the movie is that the update is very modern. Annabell is faced with motorcycle riding hunks, is a member of a hard rock group, and wants to get more piercings. The character of Annabell is wonderfully rebellious yet not completely out of control. As with many teens, Annabell and her mother are arguing about something constantly. With a bit of Asian magic, and a rather tricky fortune cookie, mother and daughter switch bodies. The switch itself is hilarious. One of the scenes played in advertisements continuously is when Annabell, now in Tess' body, looks in the mirror and says that she's the Crypt Keeper. Jamie Lee Curtis is perfectly believable after the transition. We soon find that each really struggles with the other's world. Annabell can't keep up with all her mother's cell phones, PDA, and beeper. Further, driving seems to be quite a challenge for her. Tess discovers that her daughter was telling the truth about the English teacher who is continually out to get her, regardless of how well she does. It turns out that the English teacher and Tess know each other. Tess solves Annabell's problem quite nicely. However, Tess still has other problems, particularly with Annabell's friends. The peak of Tess' problems are during a rock audition that is very important to Annabell. There are additional conflicts for the pair to add even more spice. Tess is preparing to get married to Ryan (Mark Harmon), who is trying to understand his soon-to-be-daughter but, as with many fathers, is more than a little clueless. Annabell also has a younger brother that she sees as a pest. The switch allows candid conversations between Annabell and Ryan and Annabell and younger brother Harry (Ryan Malgarini) where Annabell learns that Ryan doesn't want to upset her life and truly wants to understand her and Harry loves her and admires her. The poignant moments are handled quite well with minimal schmaltz. The true point of the movie is for each to walk in the other's shoes. In the process of doing so we get to see some well done physical and situational comedy, most particularly by Jamie Lee Curtis. Both Tess and Annabell are both empathetic characters. While the focus is on the ladies, making this a mother-daughter film, males will enjoy the generational myopia of mother and daughter. A wonderful family film that I consider suitable for most family members. Freaky Friday ReviewsMore reviews:Buy Freaky Friday Sale Reviews Deals
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