US Edition'Freakier Friday' Review: Disney's Body-Swapping Sequel Really Rocks
AMERICA AND THE UK, AUG 5 – Freakier Friday marks Lindsay Lohan's return to theaters with a double body-swap story and reunites her with Jamie Lee Curtis in a sequel that received mixed reviews.
- On August 8, Walt Disney Pictures releases Freakier Friday in UK theaters, reuniting Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis in the sequel to the 2003 film.
- Amid millennial nostalgia, the sequel arrives 22 years after Freakier Friday, with Lohan returning to cinemas after her Netflix rom-coms including Irish Wish.
- Following a fortune-teller encounter, Anna and Harper swap bodies again along with Tess and Lily, complicating her wedding plans and family dynamics.
- Despite amplified body-swap scenes, The Independent said it’s 'not flawless but delivers a satisfying nostalgia rush' in its 3/5 star review.
- Amid Lohan's public re-examination, it marks her first theatrical film since The Canyons, with box office success potentially testing millennial nostalgia's staying power.
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Greater Milwaukee Today‘Freakier Friday’ review: A multiplied Disney reboot for the age of anxiety
It’s super easy and generally misguided to use a new movie’s trailer against whatever movie it’s selling, even if the trailer is a rarity when it does not give away 96% of the storyline. I mention this because the trailer for Disney’s rebooted, double-down edition of its “Freaky Friday” property, this one called “Freakier Friday” and reuniting Jamie Lee Curtis with Lindsay Lohan, is a really good trailer. It does its job. It sharpens the comic b…
It's a very old story, or at least a story Hollywood loves to tell over and over again: the exchange of bodies.
Freakier Friday's Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan on reuniting for sequel
Freakier Friday is a pure delight to watch, with several nods and winks that hard-core fans of the original will recognize. It's not just a bagful of nostalgia, but makes it fresh and fun for new audiences too.
It's a very old tale, or at least, one Hollywood loves to tell over and over again: the body swap. It's magical. It's comical. It carries poignant messages about putting yourself in someone else's shoes and learning about...
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