Freaky Friday
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Movie Reviews of Freaky Friday
Movie Review: How daughters become their mother
Summary: 5 Stars
As a serious student of Film I was surprised, actually amazed, to find myself mesmerized by "Freaky Friday". I had seen Miss Lohan in "Parent Trap" and assigned her virtuoso performance (how could a child be so accomplished?) to a one off, Tatum O'Neil kind of fluke. Curious and expecting disappointment, I took a seat in the bleachers of the Starz Kids Channel and have been there ever since with 5 viewings.
Brando and the new wave "Method Actors" innovated by taking deep personal emotional experiences and projecting them up into the character they were playing. What appeared to me in Miss Lohan's performance was an actual "possession" of a teenager by a middle aged woman. Freaky for sure, but also uncannily accurate. Her three best scenes as her mother are the initial meeting with Jake where her mom is introduced as "Doctor", the confrontation with the teacher who is the kind we've all had, and the apotheosis of her entire performance was in the hall after detention as she turns to Jake and pronounces the single word "Really" --low toned with poetic brevity.
No wonder young people admire Miss Lohan. She's showing them it can be done, that you can be really good.
Movie Review: Great movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
This story has been told about how many times? Probably a million, right? - okay maybe less. But who cares? Because it's not the story you tell but the way that you tell it that counts. This is a great movie. The story is about an engaged-widowed-working mother who is constantly bickering with her funky-opinionated-guitar-playing teenage daughter. An older chinese woman sees the two fighting and decides to interject by putting a curse on them which causes them to switch places. When they wake up in the morning, the daughter is in the mothers body and the mother is in the daughters body. They have to try to go about eachothers day without bringing notice to anyone else that anything has changed all while trying to figure out how to get back to their original bodies - and they have to do so soon - the mother is set to get re-married the next day and the daughter is scheduled for a pivitol band audition. But, what starts off as a curse just might be a blessing in disguise when each has to be in the others shoes for a day. This movie is a really great family movie. Kids love it, adults love it. What mother and daughter can't relate to this movie? Highly recommended!
Movie Review: Best all-family movie in ages
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a big fan of movies that kids of different ages AND their parents will love, because it means we can go to the theater together without complaint. Most kid-oriented movies, though, are simply not well-enough written or acted for the adults to be sufficiently entertained, and often either the kid or adult characters are only caricatures (the kids are only smartmouthed and the grown-ups are only clueless).Freaky Friday avoids those hangups; it's a tightly written and expertly acted film that will have both you and your kids in stitches. Jamie Lee Curtis does a phenomenal job playing a single mom, as well as a kid who wakes up in her mom's body. Lindsey Lohan is her teenage acting equal, making it absolutely believable that she is a 45-year-old woman in the body of a teenager.
Everything is edited so clearly that even my 4-year-old got the basic premise of the film ("Mommy, now the mom is inside the girl"). We are definitely going to buy this one when it comes out on video; not only is it a truly fun film but the film's underlying message of family understanding and togetherness is one that's worth the price of admission. Go see it!
Movie Review: Girl Power
Summary: 5 Stars
I love that there are quite a few good films for young girls to see. Movies with spunk. This one is no exception. It's fresh and funny, and brilliantly acted out. Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan do amazing jobs pretending that they are one another, so much so that I actually began to believe that they had switched bodies.Like many mother/daughter's, Tess (Curtis) and Anna (Lohan) argue. Anna thinks her mother is ruining her life. Tess thinks she is just watching out for her daughter. They go out for Chinese and a little old Chinese lady gives them each a fortune cookie, which is the catalyst for their switch. Will they ever get back to their own bodies? And more importantly, can they learn to respect one another?
Of course this movie is predictable, but that's not the point. It's sweet and a total blast to watch, not to mention laugh out loud funny.
The DVD contains some good special features, including alternate endings, which are pretty cool. I have no doubt that teen girls are going to go insane over this film, but men, women, and picky little boys who won't watch anything but Pokemon will like this movie as well.
Movie Review: Freaky Friday [2003]
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the funniest Disney movie i've ever seen. I saw the movie the day it came out and im very happy with this movie because it insperied me to play the guitar.
The Plot: Tess [Jamie Lee Curtis] and her rocker teen daughter Anna [A Lindsay Lohan with meat on her bones] don't see eye to eye. Anna doesn't see why her mom thinks her band PinkSlip is noise. Tess just doesn't see why Anna doesn't respect Tess' boyfriend Ryan and the working world Tess goes through everyday. One night at a chinese restraunt the owner [Lucille Snoog] gives them a magical fourtine cookie that causes them to switch bodies. The next day Tess [In Anna's body] has to deal with Anna's crush Jake [Chad Micheal Muarry] and her enemy Stacey Hinkhouse [Julie Gaunzazo]. Anna [In Tess' body] has to deal with a nervious painent Evan and the wedding of her mom and Ryan the next day. 5/5
Extras: 4/5
Backstage with Lindsay Lohan 5/5
Deleted Scene 4/5
Alternate Endings With commentary with Mark Waters 4/5
Music Videos [What I Like About You - Lillix, Me Vs. The World- Halo Frienlies 5/5]
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