Freaky Friday 2003

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Freaky Friday 2003

Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lee Curtis. (PG)

Release date: 2003

3 out of 5

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A remake of the Jodie Foster 1976 film, with Lindsay Lohan (seemingly the queen of tweenie remakes when she was a kid, having also done Herbie and The Parent Trap) and Jamie Lee Curtis as the daughter, Anna, and mother, Tess, who swap bodies. This time, it is a couple of Chinese fortune cookies that causes fifteen-year-old Anna (a budding rocker) and strait-laced mother Tess to find themselves in each other’s bodies one Friday morning – an event they wish to alter in double-quick time, as Tess is due to marry Ryan (Mark Harmon) on Saturday.
There are a few modern twists that give this movie extra charm – mum is a psychiatrist, meaning Anna in her body has to psychoanalyse some clients, while Tess (in Anna’s body) has to fend off an amorous biker boy (Chad Michael Murray) and perform in a rock audition. Curtis – who hasn’t been this funny since A Fish Called Wanda – is a hoot, Lohan matches her scene for scene, and all in all it’s fun stuff (parents of younger kids should note there are some slightly sexual situations). 

Is Freaky Friday 2003 suitable for kids? Here are our parents’ notes...

None.

If you like this, why not try: Freaky Friday 1976, The Parent Trap 1998, Herbie: Fully Loaded, A Cinderella Story, The Princess Diaries,