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Jan 21, 1977 · Freaky Friday: Directed by Gary Nelson. With Barbara Harris, Jodie Foster, John Astin, Patsy Kelly. A mother and daughter find their personalities switched and have to live each other's lives on one strange Friday.
- (14K)
- Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Gary Nelson
- 1977-01-21
Aug 6, 2003 · Freaky Friday: Directed by Mark Waters. With Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Harold Gould. An overworked mother and her daughter did not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other's life for one freaky Friday.
- (155K)
- Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Mark Waters
- 2003-08-06
A comedy film about a mother and daughter who switch bodies after eating a magical fortune cookie. Based on a novel by Mary Rodgers, it stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan and was released in 2003 by Disney.
Freaky Friday is a franchise of American family comedies based on a book by Mary Rodgers. It features body swapping between parents and children, and includes six films, a musical, and a sequel in development.
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Ellen Andrews (Barbara Harris) and her daughter, Annabel Andrews (Jodie Foster) constantly quarrel. Following a disagreement on Thursday, before Friday the 13th, Annabel leaves to join a friend at a local diner. In sync, Annabel and Ellen (who is in the family home's kitchen) both wish aloud, "I wish I could switch places with her for just one day....
Neither Barbara Harris nor Jodie Foster did any actual water skiing in the film. In both cases, these scenes were achieved with the use of professional water skiers in long shot on location, and cutaway shots of the actresses in front of a rear projection effect. However, Foster did play field hockeyin the film.
Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a score of 70% from 23 critics. Metacritic gave the film a score of 51 based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Richard Eder of The New York Times wrote, "Toward the end there are some amusing car-chase scenes. Elsewhere the humor is clotted by the feeling that the jokes are chasing the reactions, ins...
Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for their roles in this film, with Harris also receiving a nomination in the category for the Alfred Hitchcock film Family Plot. The film also got a nomination for Best Original Song – Motion Picturefor the song "I'd Like to...
Freaky Friday has had three different remakes, all produced by the Walt Disney Company: a made-for-television film in 1995 starring Shelley Long and Gaby Hoffmann), a live-action theatrical release in 2003 starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, and a musical version for television starring Cozi Zuehlsdorff and Heidi Blickenstaff.
Freaky Friday at IMDbFreaky Friday at AllMovieFreaky Friday at the TCM Movie DatabaseA comedy film about a mother and daughter who switch bodies on Friday the 13th and learn from each other's experiences. The film is based on a novel by Mary Rodgers and stars Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris.
Aug 6, 2003 · Single mother Tess Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her teenage daughter Anna (Lindsay Lohan) couldn't be more different, and it is driving them both insane....
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- Kids & Family, Comedy, Fantasy
- PG
Aug 14, 2024 · Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan are back as mother-daughter duo Tess and Anna Coleman in Freakier Friday, a 2025 comedy film. The sequel will feature a new director, Nisha Ganatra, and a new cast, including Manny Jacinto as Anna's husband.