Freaky Friday DVD

Advantages: Good acting, good plot, good fun
Disadvantages: Nothing major

...For that is when the freaky Friday starts. And that is how they end up living in each other’s bodies. The switch is due to rather an unusual cause, it has to be said, but less fantastic than some reasons films of a similar ilk used to use, when last these body~swap films were in vogue (Tom Hanks’s Big, and all that lot). In fact the makers seem to give us a red herring as to how it will happen, but apart from that, and some rocky remakes of old ...
...the Oscars for 2004 for Freaky Friday. However, while she is very watchable, and what she does is clever, changing her whole body language to sit like her daughter, etc, she is still only acting. Instead of Jamie Lee Curtis getting inside someone else’s mind to play a role, she is playing someone with someone else’s mind forced into her body. Is that much difference? This is not to say she isn’t really very good at what she does here, with good comic ... Read review

Advantages: Great fun, brilliant performances from Curtis and Lohan, family film.
Disadvantages: Could have been funnier.

...I’ve been waiting to see Freaky Friday since January, I remember stumbling onto a site which informed me of this movie, as soon as I read the information I was as excited as anything, yes, yes I really should grow up and watch more intellectual movies but I’m just a huge fan of light hearted fun! In case you didn’t know “Freaky Friday” is a remake of the 1976 movie of the same name starring Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris. I liked the original version ...
...remake, and alas here it is! There is a TV version starring Shelly Long and Gabby Hoffman, and I thought that version was ok but I was waiting for a big screen remake! Shockingly this version did pretty well with the critics and even surpassed expectations by raking in more than $100 million at the box office in America alone. Slightly unexpected but well deserved, as this summer there did seem to be somewhat of a drought in the cinema when it came ... Read review

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...to the cinema to see Freaky Friday I can honestly say I wasn’t expecting too much. I’d watched the original at least ten times, and it was a favourite in my childhood. I didn’t think the re-make would live up to the original and only went to simply get out of the house! So, you can imagine how surprised I was when I realised ten minutes into the film that I was actually quite enjoying the film. Not only was it fresh and original, ...
...Children, Teenagers) in the audience laugh out loud at numerous times throughout the film. I walked out with a smile on my face and a few tears running down my face as a result of the funny moments in the film. I wasn’t planning on writing a review on the film, but after seeing how good it was, I wanted to share with everyone how really good the film actually was. And how everyone should go and see it! If you’ve seen the first one (with ... Read review

Advantages: Jamie Lee Curtis, it makes you laugh
Disadvantages: Lohan's acting isn't the best.

...BBC were showing the movie Freaky Friday, but to be honest it didn't appeal to me. However, there was nothing on so I left it on and sat there expecting a dire 90 minutes. But do you know what? I was left quite pleasantly surprised! Freaky Friday is actually a remake of a the 1976 version of the movie which starred a very young Jodie Foster and someone called Barbara Harris. The modern version stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, to Hollywood ...
...Freaky Friday tells us the story of a mother and daughter who are constantly at each others throats until a fateful visit to a local Chinese restaurant. A fortune cookie changes the women's lives forever when they wake up inside each others bodies. Both Anna (Lohan) and Tess (Curtis) hate their circumstances but the fortune can only be reversed if they both act in a truly selfless way... The characters of Anna and Tess are quite typical of mother ... Read review

Advantages: Great fun if you don't remember the first film, spirited performances by Curtis and Lohan
Disadvantages: Some will prefer the original

<<<<< TITLE: Freaky Friday >>>>> <<<<< RATING: ***1/2 (out of 5) >>>>> <<<<< CAST: Lindsey Lohan, Jaime Lee Curtis, Mark Harmon, Harold Gould, Chad Michael Murphy, Stephen Tobolowsky, Christina Vidal, Ryan Malgirini, Haley Hudson, Rosalind Caio. <<<<< DIRECTOR: Mark S. Waters >>>>> <<<<< STUDIO: Walt Disney >>>>> <<<<< RUNNING TIME: 93 MIN. >>>>> <<<<< RATED: PG (UK & USA) >>>>> <<<<< Did We Really Need Another Remake? >>>>> In the past decade ...
...LIKE SON. Amazingly, though, FREAKY FRIDAY has a certain freshness to it...sure, the ending is never in doubt, but the film is so colorful, funny, and delightful that it all actually works. For one thing, the film has some twists and turns that you won't be able to guess, like when Murray discovers Curtis (with Lohan's personailty), and begins to like HER way more than Lohan before the switch! (If they had kissed, it would have been a riot!) I also ... Read review

Advantages: Fun for the whole family
Disadvantages: similar too many storys

...-warming comedy with lots of laughs for the whole family, I would recommend this. It is enjoyable and really not at all a bad movie. And although I didn't really think much to the soundtrack, my girlfriend loved it and went out the next day too buy it, so that's something to go buy at least. So all in all, I think it's a worthwhile viewing. Cast - Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsey Lohen, Chad Michael Murray, Mark Harmon DVD EXTRAS Deleted Scenes Bloopers Music Videos - 1. "What I Like About You" - Lillix 2. "Me vs. The World" - Halo Friendlies Alternate Endings - Introduced by Mark Waters, Director Featurette - "Backstage Pass with Lindsay Lohan"... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: Delightfully Funny
Disadvantages: Not everyones cup of tea

...a family outing at a Chinese restaurant where they result in switching bodies. Which as anyone can imagine, would be rather 'freaky'. What would you do first if this happened to you? Well, Anna decides that a spending spree is in order. So, a nice subtle form of revenge. Tess however is more leaning towards the slightly less vindictive but ruining her daughters image instead. And so they must navigate each other's lives until they are able to display some form of selflessness towards each other. Moving through situations involving Anna's band, Tess's psychiatry sessions and Anna's crush on Jake (a boy at school). So all in all, this is a hilarious tale of two people who have to learn to understand each other. I would thoroughly recommend this to anyone who enjoys a good chick flick. But maybe not to hard-core action fans... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: The Whole Film

...It's not often I will outright call a film bad. But this is terrible. As a fan of Lohan since "Parent Trap" I bought this DVD on a whim, hoping it would be as good as other Lohan films such as Freaky Friday and Mean Girls. I'm not sure when I've been so disappointed. This film is weak in characters, plot, dialogue and quite possibly every aspect down to the costume and hair styles! I sat through as much of it as I could, not sure whether I could stand to watch any more, apparently my inner conscience became unconscious, and I fell asleep. When I did decide to watch the end, I wasn't surprised to see the film had an ultimately bad ending when it had started out so poorly. One of the worst parts of this film had to be the fake flowers and use of computer animation, which just made the film appear childish even if it is aimed at children... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful