Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jamie Lee Curtis | ... | Tess Coleman | |
Lindsay Lohan | ... | Anna Coleman | |
Mark Harmon | ... | Ryan | |
Harold Gould | ... | Grandpa | |
Chad Michael Murray | ... | Jake | |
Stephen Tobolowsky | ... | Mr. Bates | |
Christina Vidal | ... | Maddie | |
Ryan Malgarini | ... | Harry Coleman | |
Haley Hudson | ... | Peg | |
Rosalind Chao | ... | Pei-Pei | |
Lucille Soong | ... | Pei-Pei's Mom | |
Willie Garson | ... | Evan | |
Dina Spybey-Waters | ... | Dottie Robertson (as Dina Waters) | |
Julie Gonzalo | ... | Stacey Hinkhouse | |
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Christina Marie Walter | ... | Same Shirt Girl |
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
I admit, I was dragged to this movie by my 12-year-old cousin. At first I thought, "Lindsay Lohan? Who's that? And Jamie Lee Curtis? Isn't that the 'scream queen'?" I didn't want to go, but that was that.
Within the first few minutes of the movie, I rolled my eyes. I thought it was just a cliche movie about a mom and a daughter that fight a lot. I was bored. But ten minutes later, the magic began. I found my eyes glued to the massive screen, I found myself "shushing" anyone that interrupted my connection with the two stars. I was hooked, and that was that.
Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis work wonders together. They have wonderful chemistry on screen that make you believe that they have, in fact, switched bodies. Both actresses were brilliant in their roles of switch reversal. Their acting was so real, their expressions so priceless. Awesome, too, was the movie's supporting cast. Enough said. The script was amazingly well written, the directing extraordinary.
To sum it up, this movie was "freakishly good." Pure magic, I tell you.