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DVD Freaky Friday 2-pack (1977 & 2003 Versions)
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 and empathy--and without making the story stop dead in its tracks. It's a mother-daughter film that fathers and sons can enjoy just as much. --Bret Fetzer
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Curtis and Lohan make this film a delight
The premise of "Freaky Friday" has been done before - a magic spell causes two characters to switch bodies and thus perspectives - but this film is a ton of fun anyway. Psychiatrist Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her teenage daughter Anna (Lindsay Lohan) are constantly at war. Tess is days away from remarrying, and Anna feels the acute pain of having lost her father. Anna has found refuge in her music, but her mother fails to see the importance of it, pulling the plug (literally) on Anna's big break. When a well-meaning Chinese woman ensures that they will be forced to understand each other's lives, the comedy begins full-force. The two wake up trapped in the body (and the daily life) of the other. The script is smart and punchy, with twists that are not as formulaic as the premise might suggest. Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan are hilarious in their interpretations of the generation gap. While I expected such a performance from Curtis, Lohan was a wonderful surprise. Without the chemistry and talent between these two actresses, the film could have been lackluster. The other actors, most notably bland Mark Harmon, cannot sustain the energy Curtis and Lohan create. With animated aplomb, they even manage to overcome a few missteps in the screenplay.
This film provides some hearty laughs and, in the tradition of such films, sentimental tears at the end. It's a great film for both adolescents and parents, with jabs at both - and neither will be embarrassed by watching it with the other.
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I love that there are quite a few good films for young girls to see. Movies with spunk. This one is no exception. It's fresh and funny, and brilliantly acted out. Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan do amazing jobs pretending that they are one another, so much so that I actually began to believe that they had switched bodies.
Like many mother/daughter's, Tess (Curtis) and Anna (Lohan) argue. Anna thinks her mother is ruining her life. Tess thinks she is just watching out for her daughter. They go out for Chinese and a little old Chinese lady gives them each a fortune cookie, which is the catalyst for their switch. Will they ever get back to their own bodies? And more importantly, can they learn to respect one another?
Of course this movie is predictable, but that's not the point. It's sweet and a total blast to watch, not to mention laugh out loud funny.
The DVD contains some good special features, including alternate endings, which are pretty cool. I have no doubt that teen girls are going to go insane over this film, but men, women, and picky little boys who won't watch anything but Pokemon will like this movie as well.
Not my favorite, but still pretty good.
"Freaky Friday" stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan. It's a movie about a mother and daughter switching places. They switch by opening up a fortune cookie at a Chinese Resturant. I thought it was a pretty good movie. Not one of my favorites; but still pretty good. The reason I didn't like this movie is because I guess I just didn't find it interesting enough.
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