Freaky Friday (2003)

An overworked mother and her daughter do not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other's life for one freaky Friday.

Director:

Mark Waters

Writers:

Mary Rodgers (novel), Heather Hach (screenplay)

Stars:

Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

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
Christina Marie Walter	...	Same Shirt Girl

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

switching bodies | body swap | teen movie | happy ending | reference to keith richards | 

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Taglines:

Get Your Freak On August 1st

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Music | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild thematic elements and some language

Did You Know?

Trivia

The message ringtone that plays in Jamie Lee Curtis phone is the one that played in Capcom's videogame Street Fighter II, whenever you insert a credit in the arcade machine.

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Goofs

When the band PINK SLIP is playing at the House of Blues the name of their band is on the drums but not when they play at the wedding reception.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Tess: Honey, wake up.
Anna: No.
Tess: Anna. Greet the day.

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Crazy Credits

At the beginning of the end credits, Pink Slip (the band in the movie) performs "Ultimate" at the wedding reception.

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Alternate Versions

Scenes cut from a 2008 ABC airing include Jake singing "Hit Me Baby" to Tess's bedroom window and Pei-Pei's mother attempting to switch Harry and his grandfather. The ABC version instead ends with Tess and Anna dancing with their respective lovers before cutting to Anna's end credits performance.

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Connections

Referenced in Bad Movie Beatdown: Half Past Dead 2 (2011)

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Soundtracks

Happy Together
Written by Gary Bonner (as Garry Bonner) and Alan Gordon
Performed by The Turtles
Courtesy of Flo & Eddie, Inc.
By Arrangement with Media Creature Music

User Reviews

Want a Freakishly Good Time?

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.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Mandarin

Release Date:

6 August 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Freaky Friday

Filming Locations:

3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$22,203,007, 10 August 2003

Gross USA:

$110,230,332

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$160,846,332

Company Credits

Production Co:

Casual Friday Productions, Gunn Films, Walt Disney Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1