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Summary: Great family movie!
Review: I watched this with my 8 year old son and 12 year old daughter and we all loved it. It was just as entertaining for a parent.
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Summary: funny
Review: i saw this movie the day after it was released with my best friend and some other people that were involved in a summer group. i think we all enjoyed it. well i rented it and watched it two more times and i still love it just as much as i did when i saw it in theaters. this is the 2nd best disney movie. only to pirates of the caribbean.
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Summary: not juss a chick flick
Review: This movie was actually fun... it's hard to find movies that makes you want to keep you in your seat. This was better than the other 'freaky friday's' including the original. Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan were great... hilarious and fun. For ppl who think that this is juss a chick flick... (probably only my sister) it's not. And i know a lot of guys who like this film. An example (or maybe their juss attracted to Lindsay?)The dvd ain't bad. The features are light. The picture and sound is great. It's another Disney success. Everything juss seemed to click in this movie. Making it simple and not sooo confusing. Overall a good family film. Worth being on the shelf or cabinet of your dvd collection.
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Summary: cute movie, dvd problems
Review: First off this is a cute movie and well whorth viewing and maybe owning. The dvd would disort and stop on my pansosnic dvd player in my bedroom. I decided to try it in my pc dvd drive and it plays fine so it most have a unusaul encryption.This is a warning to people out there with older dvd players, rent it first to see if the disc is competibale with your player or you may end up watching it on your computer like me.
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Summary: FREAKILY FUNNY!
Review: FREAKY FRIDAY is the finest, funniest feature film I've ever seen! Jamie Lee Curtis is hysterical and Lindsay Lohan is remarkable as well! They are a great match. It is hilarious and fun for the whole family. It's a movie you can watch again and again.
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Summary: fun remake of a Disney classic
Review: When a mother and daughter (Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan) are observed arguing with each other, a woman gives them magic fortune cookies that switch them into each other's bodies. Actors Curtis and Lohan must then play as if they were the other person trapped in their body, and they both do a fine job. This updated version of the Jodie Foster vehicle works on all fronts -- the two main actors do a great job with their switched personalities, the supporting cast is very good, the script is funny and the situations are entertaining. DVD extras include a backstage pass with actor Lindsay Lohan, 1 deleted scene, 2 alternate endings, a few bloopers and 2 music videos. Good family film.
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Summary: "Vice Versa" meets "Freaky Friday" (1976) meets "Big."
Review: The teenage years are hard. Countless films have been made about that era in every person's life, including this year's controversial "13." And the biggest surprise may be the way Disney handles the subject in "Freaky Friday," not toning down premises as they have before, but rather allowing all to flow freely and still making it a clean, moralistic family film. Oh, and adulthood is hard, too. "Freaky Friday" was originally released in 1976. The film starred Jodie Foster, and was never exactly the Disney family classic it meant to be (obviously copying "The Parent Trap's" style). It spawned a lot of copies, including a made-for-TV remake in 1995 with Shelley Long, not to mention a string of late-80s films, such as "Like Father, Like Son"; "18 Again"; and "Vice Versa." All were different variations on the basic premise of adults switching places with their offspring or younger relations, and the two then coming to appreciate their differences. Now the formula is seeing a steady increase in popularity once again. 2002's "The Hot Chick" (one of the worst of that year) was about a teenage girl who swapped places with a petty criminal. Now Disney is cashing in on something they made some 20 odd years ago, and no one -- myself included -- expected the film to be any good. Surprise, surprise. Tess Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis) is a widowed psychiatrist with two kids, including Anna (Lindsay Lohan), a 15-year-old highschooler with aspirations of punk rock status -- she and her friends get together in the garage of her house and "jam." (I play guitar and, for the first time since "Back to the Future," it looks as if the filmmakers put some effort to make the guitar players look like they are really playing the darn thing). "You're ruining my life!" Anna constantly yells. Tess' engaged boyfriend, Ryan (Mark Harmon), isn't sure what's going on between the two, but his attempts at being nice to the kids often backfires. (After Tess removes Anna's bedroom door due to low grades, Harmon tells Anna that it's under the staircase in an effort to make peace with her. "Like I didn't figure that out already," she says.) When mother and daughter visit a Chinese restaurant and eat some magical fortune cookies, they wake up the next day as always -- expect they're in each other's bodies. And so here come the jokes. One bets that they can make it in school, the other at work. Tess, in Anna's body, acts like a mature adult. Meanwhile, Anna, in Tess' body, acts like a teenager -- she even gets a makeover. But there're problems. There's a wedding and a rock band audition, and since they're in each other's bodies, it presents a major dilemma. But if they want to switch back before their big days, then they'll have to learn to appreciate each other's differences. What a delightful little family film this is! Sweet, gentle, funny, and just plain enjoyable. It doesn't try to be anything it isn't, and in the process becomes a lot more. It has streaks of "Big" and "Vice Versa." I've always enjoyed "Vice Versa" the most out of the many, many body-switching 80s films released simultaneously, and now I've found another worthy addition to the genre. Annette Bening was originally cast as Tess Coleman, but then Jamie Lee Curtis stepped in. And I'm glad she did. I'm not a very big fan of Curtis, but she can occasionally be quite surprising, and this is one of those cases. Meanwhile, Lindsay Lohan, the little girl from 1998's remake of "The Parent Trap," evokes the same great method of adult channeling as little Fred Savage did in "Vice Versa." As many of my readers probably know, my main problem with "Big" is that Tom Hanks did not act like a 13-year-old, but rather like a 6-year-old. Lohan successfully acts like both an irritating teenager and a mature adult. The two gals' performances really make the movie. This is one of the most enjoyable treats of the year. Kids will get a kick out of it, and so will parents, and that is precisely the definition of great family filmmaking -- because, let's face it, Disney lost sight of that a few years ago. Looks like they're finally getting back on their feet after a long dry spot.
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Summary: Surprisingly good!
Review: When I saw the previews to Freaky Friday, I thought it would be just terrible. The basic story is unoriginal and the trailer was just horrible. But then I saw the great reviews coming in on Rotten Tomatoes and my fiance and I decided to check it out. I was surprised to see a funny, charming, entertaining movie about a feuding mother and daughter who switch bodies for a day. While the plot originally seems cliche and silly, the movie was actually very good. The writing is well done and witty, and the acting is superb! Jamie Lee Curtis is especially good as the mother (turned daughter) - she actually makes it believeable! This is a fun family movie, I highly recommend giving it a chance. You might be surprised and find yourself laughing at what you originally thought was going to be one of those silly Disney movies that only kids could enjoy. Freaky Friday is fun for adults as well! I highly recommend it.
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Summary: A Fantastic Film to Watch With Your Family
Review: This is a fantastic funny film that you can actually watch with your kids. It fosters understanding. This ninety minute film I believe is a remake of an earlier Disney film. A busy psychiatrist and widowed mom, Tess Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis), and her musical teenage honor student daughter, Anna (Lindsay Lohan), turn squabbling into an Olympic event. On the verge of remarrying Tess has a heart to heart talk with Anna in a Chinese restaurant about her recent behavior in school. In order for each to learn how the other lives a Chinese woman gives them each a fortune cookie which causes them to switch bodies. So for one freaky Friday the two have to masquerade as each other. Tess finds out that being a modern teenager isn't as easy as she thought. Anna finds out that her mother's life isn't as perfect as it seems. Only selfless love can change the two back. Mother and daughter grow in love and admiration. Jamie Lee Curtis is amazing as a teenager.
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Summary: CUTESY, BUT FUN!
Review: The movie is a pleasant surprise! It's a remake of a 1976 movie of the same name with Jodie Foster (also by Disney), but is one of the few remakes that easily outdo the original. It is no milestone in filmaking, but in a season chock-full of action movie sequels, and minimal creative products from a panicked studio system that is going through another period of zero originality, this is a blast of a release! Yes, the theme is a slightly 70s doozie: body switching. But don't let that fool you into skipping this (as it did me) because the direction is sharp, not heavy handed. No special effects, great writing, crisp dialogue, just a plain fun movie, like the studios cranked out for decades, before they became what they are today. Curtis as usual is simply charming, she IS every bit the mother/daughter, and Linsday Lohan has a great presence. It's straight family entertainment and generally likely to tickle everyone's fancies. This one I will recommending even owning as a DVD, its lighthearted banter makes for easy repeat viewing for pretty much the entire family.
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