What would you do if you were in your mother's shoes? Spunky teenager Annabel Andrews would want her own shoes back. On Friday the 13th, Annabel found herself switching places with her uptight mother, Ellen. Suddenly she finds herself responsible for preparing a large dinner; take care of house renovations and driving her brother `Apeface' around. Meanwhile, Ellen has to drudge through a high school game of field hockey, eat food only Annabel could enjoy and perform in the big water-skiing extravaganza. Both of them are not too happy to have switched but the event sure makes them understand each other.
For the nations Bicentennial, the folks at Disney put out this high concept film and it was reason enough for fireworks. The film has much in common with earlier Disney offerings like THE PARENT TRAP, but it conversely lacked the studio alignment of those early classics. The film has a movie-of-the-week look that a film getting more attention would not have. But not to worry, for the two main performers are the real pros here. A young Jodie Foster is excellent as the tomboy and also as the mother misplaced in the tomboy's body. Likewise Barbara Harris is excellent as the uptight mother and the tomboy trapped in the mother's body.
This early `Face-Off' film has a couple good twists up its sleeve and a funny supporting cast. It has a strong following and deserves a nice DVD release, possibly a new entry in the wonderful Vault Collection? Recently, the Disney organization revisited this story, casting Lindsey Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis into the lead roles in an excellent re-imagining of the work that is worth looking into.
So what would you do if you were in your mother's shoes?
The original is the best
this freaky friday is the best because the new one copied and there also is another freaky friday starring Shelly Long and Gaby Hoffman. but this one is the best.
then the other one with shelly long is next best then the one with jamie lee curtis and lidnesy lohan.i love this movie and its the best.because one of my favourite actresses is Jodie Foster.i love this one it ROCKS plus its old and i love old movies there the best because the new movies always copy.
Much much better than the remake!!!!
Hillarios fun! I saw the remake first, then i saw the 1977 version and i thought it was ALOT better than the remake. One of the things i like is it has a younger teen only 13 i think. That makes the movie more intresting. another thing is, is that Annabel likes the kid across the street and gets a chance to be her mother and tries to make him like her better. My favorite part of the movie is when her mother has to play the field hockey game, whitch is SOOO FUNNY! Overall, i give this 5 stars!!
Jodie Foster is Casey Brown and is billed as the star of this movie. However, the stellar performances by David Niven as four different characters and Helen Hayes as Lady St. Edmund are what make this movie enjoyable.
Casey Brown is a juvenile delinquent who lives in America, where Harry Bundage (Leo McKern) discovers her. It seems that Casey resembles the granddaughter of Lady St. Edmund, which would thus give her access to the St. Edmund estate, Candleshoe. We learn that Lady St. Edmund, her staff of one (David Niven), and a host of orphans are living in near poverty themselves, barely making ends meet. However, there may be a long lost treasure somewhere in Candleshoe if it can be discovered.
The daughter of legendary British actor John Mills and novelist Mary Hayley Bell (as well as the sister of actress Juliet Mills), young Hayley Mills broke the surface of fame at the tender age of 12, starring opposite her father in the thriller Tiger Bay. That film, along with a Berlin Film Festival award, was enough to attract the attention of Walt Disney, who promptly signed her to a five-year contract and put her in the starring role of Pollyanna. After wringing hearts and nabbing a special Oscar, Mills segued into the comedy thing--for double the fun--in The Parent Trap, the 1961 farce in which she played twins, separated at birth, who scheme to reunite their biological parents (Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith, both surprisingly sexy for a Disney movie). On the... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Hayley Mills - Maureen O'Hara Director(s): David Swift (II) DVD Release Date: Released the 07 May 2002 This item is currently not available.
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A beloved tabby cat becomes the catalyst for healing and hope between a young girl and her widowed father in Disney's 1964 classic, based on the enchanting fable by Paul Gallico. Set in the Scottish highlands in 1912, the story focuses on Andrew MacDhui (Patrick McGoohan) a veterinarian who, after the death of his wife, has closed his heart to goodness and empathy-- toward his animal patients and his only child. Left essentially an orphan, Mary (Karen Dotrice) finds love from her cat, Thomasina, until a tragedy injures the cat and her father orders it to be killed. A tenderhearted maiden (Susan Hampshire) finds Thomasina, detects a heartbeat, and nurses the feline back to health. Her healing powers eventually move beyond the animal kingdom into the lives of MacDhui and Mary. The stellar... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Don Chaffey DVD Release Date: Released the 06 July 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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In the wonderfully entertaining Freaky Friday, teenager Anna (Lindsay Lohan) and her forty-something psychiatrist mom Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis) have sunk into a rut of frustrated bickering--until a magic spell causes them to switch bodies. Suddenly Tess finds herself faced with petty teachers, vicious rivals, and a hunky boy, while Anna has to cope with her mother's neurotic patients as well as her befuddled fiance (Mark Harmon), who doesn't understand why his bride-to-be is suddenly recoiling from his embrace on the eve of their wedding. Both Lohan and Curtis turn in deft, delightful performances, with Curtis showing a surprising flair for physical comedy. The movie even manages to explore serious issues about fractured families, new parents, and adolescent sexuality with honesty... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Jamie Lee Curtis - Lindsay Lohan - Mark Harmon Director(s): Mark Waters (VIII) DVD Release Date: Released the 16 December 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Escape to Witch Mountain is one of my favorite Disney movies and though the sequel Return from Witch Mountain isn't as good as the first movie I still like this movie and thought it was entertaining and I didn't find it to be a stinker at all and I highly recommend both movies! More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Bette Davis - Christopher Lee Director(s): John Hough DVD Release Date: Released the 02 September 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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