Movie #3492 "Freakier Friday" (theatre) I saw this a while ago and thought I had written a blog, but I can't seem to find it, so here goes. We really enjoyed this sequel, even though the first one wasn't memorable really to us at all. I think I liked it because it is funnier than the first one (from what I recall). There was a lot more subterfuge because 4 people exchanged characters --- the daughter becomes the mom and the mom becomes the daughter --- so that's fun to watch (as it was in the first one) the actors mimic their counterpart --- and this can get pretty mean because we are dealing with an older mom now with her young daughter in high school --- and we know how that can be in those h.s. years. Both Lindsay Lohan and the young girl from "American Housewife" (Julia Butters) are excellent in those roles. But then you have Jamie Lee Curtis, always fun to watch, play a young teenager - her granddaughter's soon -to-be- stepsister , and that girl playing the grandmother.....confused? well, watching it gets confusing. I had to constantly remind myself who was talking to whom, according to what they were saying (not their looks!) Dave washed his hands of it and said it was too difficult to follow --- so many of you might react the same way --- this film you really need to concentrate somewhat on what is going on --- esp. when it goes fast, which is does many times. However, it was cool to see the two soon-to-be- stepsisters who have hated each other in the school bond (in different bodies --- and it ended up to be Lindsay Lohan (as the daughter) and Jamie Lee Curtis (as the step sister ) --- together again, (like in the first movie) and that's when it gets good because those two work so well together --- I'm sure the movie set up that particular swap on purpose so we'd see them together again. The only complaint is the switch back to normal --- missed what was happening..... some hocus hocus about "two hearts become one" which meant two hearts of mom and daughter, I guess.... and voila, they change --- dumb! however the denouement worked out really well --- nice closure. Good movie -- I needed to see something like this to laugh at and enjoy while we are experiencing so much nastiness to human beings we share the planet with during these times! I'd give this a 4.5 out of 5 and highly recommend it for fun and silliness. And lots of female leads in this one --- a mother/daughter, friend/friend story, for sure!
"FREAKIER FRIDAY" 2025 PG 1 hour and 50 mins theatre
22 years after Tess and Anna endured an identity crisis, Anna now has a daughter and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover that lightning might strike twice.
Director: Nisha Ganatra
Writers: Jordan Weiss, Elyse Hollander, Mary Rodgers
Actors: James Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Julia Butters
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