Plot: Tess and her daughter, Anna, do not get along. However, things take a turn when, in a freak incident, they switch bodies and are forced to live each other’s lives.
2003 Freaky Friday was Very Good.
Pros: I like Jamie Lee Curtis & Lindsay Lohan chemistry together. Jake felt more like useful plot devices in this one than the sequel. The body swapping premise was quite effective to contact of the story. Ryan was used well. All of the performances were really good. It accomplish blending music, comedy & romance so well & Pei-Pei’s Mum did gets her comeuppance.
Cons: My only con with this film is not that much development for the Pink Slip bandmates.
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy, Fantasy
Directed by Mark Waters
Screenplay by Heather Hach, Leslie Dixon
Based on Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers
Produced by Andrew Gunn
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Harold Gould, Chad Michael Murray & Mark Harmon.
Cinematography: Oliver Wood
Edited by Bruce Green
Music by Rolfe Kent
Production companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Gunn Films.
Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Cast:
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Tess Coleman, Anna’s mother
- Lindsay Lohan as Anna Coleman, Tess’ teenage daughter
- Mark Harmon as Ryan Volvo, Tess’ fiancé
- Harold Gould as Alan Coleman, Tess’ father and Anna’s grandfather
- Chad Michael Murray as Jake Austin, Anna’s boyfriend
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Mr. Elton Bates, Anna’s high school english teacher
- Christina Vidal as Maddie, Anna’s bandmate
- Ryan Malgarini as Harry Coleman, Tess’ son, Anna’s younger brother and Alan’s grandson
- Haley Hudson as Peg, Anna’s other bandmate
- Rosalind Chao as Pei-Pei, a Chinese restaurant manager
- Lucille Soong as Pei-Pei’s mother
- Willie Garson as Evan, Tess’ patient
- Dina Waters as Dottie Robertson, Tess’ boss
- Julie Gonzalo as Stacey Hinkhouse, Anna’s former friend
- Marc McClure as Boris
- Mary Ellen Trainor as Diary Reading Patient
- Cayden Boyd as Harry’s friend
I highly recommend watching this film on Disney+.
Rating: 4 out 0f 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe