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Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
A funny, shrewd, no-bull family comedy about the relationship between mothers and teenage daughters that allows Curtis the comedian to remember her days as a slinky starlet while making use of her wisdom as the mother of an adolescent girl herself.
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The New York Times Dana Stevens
Since her character wears no historical costumes and suffers from no debilitating ailment, it is likely that Ms. Curtis will be overlooked when Oscar season rolls around. This is a shame, since it is unlikely that any other actress this year will match the loose, energetic wit she brings to this delightful movie.
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Los Angeles Times Manohla Dargis
Turning ordinary life into movie magic is one of the most difficult, least-heralded challenges for any filmmaker. What makes Freaky Friday a charmer isn't how far-out things get for this mother and daughter, but how sweet and distinctly un-freaky a kid, her mom and their love for each other can be.
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Washington Post Desson Thomson
Cheerful, energetic and on the money.
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80
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Washington Post
Terrific at capturing what teenage behavior would look like on a grown-up.
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75
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Body-switch plots are a license for adults to act like kids; probably nobody has had more fun at it than Tom Hanks did in "Big," but Curtis comes close.
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75
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San Francisco Chronicle C.W. Nevius
This is Curtis' film. Looking a little like a combination of Carol Burnett and Annie Lennox, Curtis has this character down.
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75
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USA Today Claudia Puig
It all adds up to belly laughs aplenty and a rollicking good time.
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Boston Globe Ty Burr
Freaky Friday version 2003 is a shinier, snappier animal, partly because young girls now dress like Avril Lavigne, and partly because Jamie Lee Curtis has her best role in years and knows it.
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Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
The performances, of a higher order than the film's cheesy script and double-cheese direction, are the reasons to see the picture. A reason not to: the means by which parent and child trade bodies.
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