In Defense of Jamie Lee Curtis and the ‘Freaky Friday’ Sequel

Freakier Friday Becomes the Latest Disney Film to Underperform in a String of 2025 Underachievers

In what has become a troubling pattern for Disney in 2025, the studio's latest release, Freakier Friday, has debuted to underwhelming box office results, adding to a string of films that have failed to live up to expectations. The sequel to the 2003 body-swap comedy, featuring returning stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, opened with $28.6 million domestically over the August 8-10 weekend, falling short of higher-end projections that range…

For Nisha Ganatra, Making ‘Freakier Friday’ Was Personal

The director drew inspiration from her experiences as a single mother to make the hit sequel, which also reimagines the original film’s Asian characters.

In Defense of Jamie Lee Curtis and the ‘Freaky Friday’ Sequel

Film critic Stephanie Zacharek took some heat last week after Jamie Lee Curtis clapped back at a negative review she wrote for Time. "Freaky Friday is humiliating to everyone involved," read the headline, while Zacharek added in the review, "No...

Review: Freakier Friday perfectly tickled the nostalgic part of my brain

WARNING: Spoilers ahead! Freakier Friday is a damn good legacy sequel. Today's top videos When the film was first announced in the summer of 2023, I'll admit that I was incredibly giddy at the prospect of Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan linking up once more as one of my favourite mother-daughter duos Dr Tess and Anna Coleman, but that didn't cause my apprehension to subside. Let me preface by acknowledging my earlier sentiment that there is …

Jamie Lee Curtis calls out "harsh" Freakier Friday review: "SOME people love it"

Freakier Friday star Jamie Lee Curtis directly responded to a negative review of the sequel