‘Freakier Friday' movie review: Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan charm their way through the sequel
Freakier Friday
Director: Nisha Ganatra
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons, Manny Jacinto, Mark Harmon
Runtime: 111 minutes
Storyline: A wedding, scrapping siblings and body swap all contribute to realising the importance of family
Tess's daughter, Anna, (Lindsay Lohan), has given up her rockstar dreams and is a music producer and manager. She has a teenage daughter, Harper (Julia Butters), who loves to go surfing. Harper hates the new girl in class, Lily (Sophia Hammons), who has just moved from London and is queening it over all and sundry with her British accent and Parisian boyfriend.
The rivalry between the girls ends in an incident in chemistry class. The girls' parents are called to school and sparks fly between Anna and Lily's father, Eric (Manny Jacinto). Six months later, the two are engaged to be married and the girls are no closer to liking each other. Lily is worried about living in Los Angeles, while Harper is worried about leaving the surf-kissed beaches of Los Angeles for London, even though Lily helpfully suggests surfing on the Thames.
At Anna's bachelorette party, the four meet a sketchy medium, Madame Jen (Vanessa Bayer), who tells them their fortunes in a scary voice and come Friday, Tess and Anna have swapped bodies with Harper and Lily.
All the fun things, like being able to eat all the salt and fat guilt free and fashion choices come into play, as do the living in another's skin to realise no one has it easy. Apart from Curtis and Lohan, quite a few reprise their roles from the 2003 film, including Mark Harmon as Ryan, Tess' husband, Chad Michael Murray as Jake, as Anna's first love and bike ride, and Ryan Malgarini as Harry, Anna's brother.
Never Have I Ever'sMaitreyi Ramakrishnan plays Ella, an artiste Anna is working with—she wears rather bizarre clothes, including a weird cake outfit. There is a wedding dance class, where Jacinto breaks out his moves and the rehearsal dinner, where Harper and Lily try their best to break up the wedding. Everything coming right in the end when the teenagers realise how much their parents love them and each other and other important life lessons have been digested.
Based on Mary Rodgers' 1972 children's novel, this seventh (wow) film in the franchise coasts on the considerable comedic charms of Lohan and Curtis.
Freakier Friday is currently running in theatres
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