The wide generation gap between Tess Coleman and her teenage daughter Anna is more than evident. They simply cannot understand each other's preferences. On a Thursday night they have a big argument in a Chinese restaurant. Both receive a fortune cookie each from the restaurant owner's mother which causes them to switch bodies next day. As they adjust with their new personalities, they begin to understand each other more and eventually it's the mutual self-respect that sorts the things out.
Written by Soumitra
A member of the band Orgy instructed Jamie Lee Curtis on how to play the guitar. In the concert sequence, that is actually Curtis during the solo.
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Goofs
Continuity:
Anna gets a cartilage piercing while in Tess' body. Later that day Tess, while in Anna's body, instructs her to remove it. The piercing hole would have closed. However at the wedding reception the piercing is back. It would be assumed that she would not get it pierced being back in her own body.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Tess:
Honey, wake up. Anna:
No. Tess:
Anna. Greet the day. See more »
Crazy Credits
The beginning of the end credits are shown to appear hand-written.
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"The Art of Losing"
Written by Stacy Jones Performed by American Hi-Fi Courtesy of Island Def Jam Music Group Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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