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Summary: a pathetically made film with lousy script and directing
Review: what a junk. you think jamie lee curtis looks lika a believable shrink? you think that teary eyes youngster would be cool enough to attract the crazy mother and the old bride-soon-to-be? the only believable part is the endless conflicts between the sister/brother. there's nothing admirable or likable in this messy and boring movie, with so many hyped praises that fooled me again to rent and tried to watch. but oh my god, what a brain-dead junk it is.
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Summary: Life Is Freaky!!
Review: This movie, being a remake of the first movie starring Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris is charming and almost cunning. This is the version starring Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween H20) and Lindsay Lohan (The Parent Trap). I loved this movie from the moment it started. It has some corney parts and some almost funny while being part of reality. Of course, trading places can't really happen in real life! Or can it?? If you love Jamie in the Halloween series and Lindsay in The Parent Trap, this is the movie for you!! Enjoy!! Check out my other reviews!!~~XoXoXo Treybaby~~
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Summary: Non funny jokes and terrible music....
Review: The main problem with this movie is that it's not well casted. Curtis and Lohan play a mother and daughter who do not get along and yet their performances are so wooden to be not taken on the level. When they switch bodies and discover the other's personality at work, the performances get even worse with lots of takes to be funny but coming off as looking more patheic rather then generating laughter, the music and the movie's climax are so predictable and full of one cliche after another that it really makes you wish that something unexpected would happen just to break the phooney mood. Like maybe the IRS knocks on their door to tell them that they were caught cheating on their taxes. Something,anything that would put some life into an otherwise dead film.
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Summary: A very respectable remake
Review: I honestly enjoyed the new version of Freaky Friday. The original was a classic from my childhood, but the remake is a more then suitable replacement. The storyline is simple and predictable as a typically self-absorbed teenage girl and her overworked mother switch places to see how the other half lives. This is thanks to a magic fortune cookie delivered by an elderly Chinese woman who was just trying to help them. Unfortunately this switch occurs two days before the mother's wedding and the day before her daughter has a major honors test at school. From the minute this occurs, we know that each character will mature before the end of the show and will help the other in a way they didn't think was possible. It does happen, but it was sure fun to watch. This is a great movie if you're looking to simply let your mind guy and be entertained. It succeeds and the lead roles are perfectly acted to make us care what the outcome will be. I highly recommend this film. It's one that you can truly enjoy with your family.
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Summary: Funny!
Review: I watched this the other night and literally fell out of my chair from laughing. Although the entire movie is not always hilarious...the whole thing is sugar-coated which makes for a sweet delight to those just wanting a good 'ole family flick. Lindsey Lohan is awesome and absolutely the best in the movie. Watch it for the laughs and pure enjoyment.
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Summary: Best Movie I've seen in ages...
Review: This movie was so awesome! It's about Anna Coleman, a 15-year-old tomboyish rock-chick (played to perfection by Parent Trap's LINDSAY LOHAN) and her psychatris mother Tess (came to life by JAMIE LEE-CURTIS) who hate each other. Anna wants to play in her rock band "Pink Slip" and her mother is getting all tight with her boyfriend and soon to husband.
Then one day, Anna and Tess have the same mysterious Fortune in their fortune cookies and switch bodies! And they thought living each other's lives were easy - they thought wrong!
But with Tess's wedding coming up, and Anna's big chance audition with her band, and doing it in EACH OTHER'S bodies, anything can happen! This is the craziest and best comedy ever, it's got sweet romance and lot's of laughs, and fab acting by Lindsay and Jamie. If Lindsay Lohan was replaced by Hilary Duff (with Hilary's Britney Spears style singer instead of the awesome "Pink Slip") this movie would totally flop. Lindsay has got a rock-chick sound and an awesome voice that sings, while Hilary is just a lip-sync Barbie Doll. "Ultimate" is a fab pop/rock number that would smash the charts, and Hilary's "So Yesterday" really is So Yesterday... This is one of the best movies ever, I can totally relate to Anna...guys, detention, electric guitar, Emily Strange posters, annoying brother...yup, we have tons in common. This is sooo much better then The Parent Trap, or any other film. I hope Lindsay will be back on the silver screen and music industry very soon...I can't wait!
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Summary: YAY! KID'S MOVIES!
Review: I don't care how old i get, i never loose my appreciation for a good Disney movie. This is a great Disney movie. Jamie and Lindsey are in top-form with comedic performances which are highlights of both their careers. Basically, "Freaky Friday" takes a pretty normal teenage girl (lindsey) and a pretty typical older woman (Jamie), gives them and hour and a half, and just lets them make shameless fun of themselves. Jamie is great at this ("Oh my god, she's BLIND!"), and Lindsey does pretty well too, especially considdering she's a beginner to acting. I bought this movie that day it came out, because i knew i'd find myself watching it alot. And i have. It's been a couple weeks and i've already watched it 3 times. I plan on keeping this one around for a long time.
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Summary: freakingly amazing
Review: I saw this movie knowing it was a disney movie and not expecting much but after seeing it I was blown away. The movie has everything you could every want in this type of flick. Not only that the acting of both the daughter Anna and Tess are awesome. In the movie when Anna and Tess switched bodies, both actress made you believe they actually had switched bodies, that's how good the acting is. jamie lee curtis stole the show though. It is so funny. I can relate very well to the mother daughter relationship, maybe that's why I liked it so much. What a great movie
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Summary: So Sweet It'll Promote Tooth Decay
Review: Walt Disney has been searching the vaults in order to find suitable family fare for years. This version of Freaky Friday is an updated remake of their own 1977 film. On its face this is the classic body switch movie featuring a harried mother and her rebellious teenage daughter (at least by Disney standards). The roles here are played by Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsey Lohan. It is the portrayals that make this film. Both principles do a surprisingly good job with the material that they are given. This is by no means a bad film. Actually it has some funny moments. Not Academy Award good but acceptable for both children and adults. Disney seems to be banking on the power of its stars to carry the film and for the most part it succeeds. The DVD presents the film in both full and widescreen versions with a 5.1 Dolby soundtrack. If there is a flaw with the disc it is in the area of bonus materials but Disney was probably thinking that its taget audience would not really be interested in these materials anyway. Get this film for its family oriented nature you may be surprised to find yourself chuckling along.
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Summary: The Moose Hole - Jamie Lee Curtis is 'Freaky'
Review: Neo who? 2003 was expected to be the year of The Matrix but has surprisingly become the year of The Mouse. The Walt Disney Company, who last summer was groveling over constant movie problems, has surpassed all other studios by becoming the first to cross the coveted $1 billion mark this year thanks in part to the leggy duo of Finding Nemo and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Disney hopes to continue its winning streak by digging through their archives and remaking a classic film for a new generation. Freaky Friday, which originally starred Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster back in 1977, hopes to join the ranks of other girl oriented Disney comedies like The Princess Diaries and The Parent Trap, which also starred Lindsay Lohan. The only thing going against the film is the fact that it is a remake. Walt Disney Pictures does not have a great success rate for their remakes with films like Flubber and That Darn Cat flopping at the box office. And things didn't go too well for the original Freaky Friday back when it first opened in 1977. The good word on the film didn't get around until late in its run and by then it was all too late. Freaky Friday hopes to defy past history and present a delightful film for teenage girls; a thing the box office has lacked a lot this year. But will the girls flock to the film or will history repeat itself? The story centers on the conflicting relationship between Dr. Tess Coleman and her daughter, Anna. Anna is just another typical fifteen year old teenager who enjoys rock music, plays in a garage band, and drives her mother crazy over her hair, clothes, and problems at school. Tess has enough to worry about with her rising career and her upcoming wedding. But one night while the whole family is dining at a Chinese restaurant things boil over. Anna is totally infuriated that her mother doesn't agree with her musical aspirations and Tess is at wits end trying to get Anna to recognize how good of a man her future husband is. When the two crack open their fortune cookies and read the pieces of paper inside, something mysterious happens the next morning. Anna wakes up in Tess' body and Tess wakes up in Anna's body. The two live each other's lives for one day going through all the problems they never imagined the other had as they try to find a solution to their predicament. Whatever has to be done must be done quickly as Tess is set to marry her boyfriend the next day! The story for Freaky Friday does a great job at modernizing the classic body switching tale for a new generation though several elements of the new script end up getting lost within the course of the two hour feature. The conflict between Anna's former friend who is now a cheerleader was just another typical "Cheerleaders are evil" story element most teen comedies and/or dramas seem to have but wasn't really necessary for this film. The cast for the remake of Freaky Friday was surprisingly more memorable then that of the original film. Jamie Lee Curtis, who is best known for her roles in True Lies and the Halloween series, is absolutely amazing as Tess Coleman. She plays the frantic mother role down pat and slips very well into the role of a teenage girl trapped in a grown woman's body. Lindsay Lohan, who also starred another Disney remake, The Parent Trap, does a very good job in the role of Anna Coleman and shows that she is really maturing in her style of acting. The scenes where Tess is in the body of Anna are less comedic then the scenes with Jamie Lee Curtis acting like a teenager but maybe the fact the audience knows its Jamie Lee Curtis makes it that way. Mark Harmon is pretty good as Tess' future husband but he isn't featured as much as he should have been. His character is shown struggling trying to connect with Anna in only a scene or two and doesn't show much conflict as more there was more of a focus on the relationship between Tess and Anna. Chad Murrary plays another typical high school guy who looks bad but is actually good at heart that is seen in every other teen comedy/drama and does nothing outside the ordinary here. Overall, Freaky Friday is another teen oriented comedy which can be both good and bad. Most of the problems with the film seem to be that many of the elements that are typical in a teen comedy/drama are no different here. Such elements as "cheerleaders are evil", "the bad boy is good at heart" and "some teachers are out to get certain children" got pretty annoying after awhile and weren't needed is this feature. Then there were the scenes that show Jake (Chad Murray) becoming fascinated with Anna's mother. Granted they were trying to show that Jake was interested in Anna's mind and personality that was trapped in Tess' body but it still comes out as just creepy and wrong especially when he sings "Hit Me Baby One More Time" outside their house. And as hilarious as the film was in many instances, the overall feeling was that the film resorted to too much slap stick humor. Certainly the film didn't have to lower itself to that level that much to be entertaining. Outside of those problems, the film was quite entertaining though not on the same level as comedies like Anger Management, Bruce Almighty, and American Wedding. If you are a teenage girl searching for an entertaining film outside of the "blow 'em up" action flicks the box office seems to be cluttered with then certainly Freaky Friday is the film for you. If not, stick with Pirates of the Caribbean or American Wedding until the next gross out comedy or action flick opens in a few weeks.
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