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:

Mondays are manic. Wednesdays are wild. And Fridays are about to get a little freaky.

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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

Julie Gonzalo (Stacey Hinkhouse) and Erica Gimpel ( Harry's teacher) both starred in the tv show Veronica Mars (2004-2007) playing Parker Lee and Alicia Fennell respectively.

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Goofs

When Anna submits her paper about George Orwell's 1984, she writes that this is an American novel. It is a British novel.

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Quotes

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

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Crazy Credits

The beginning of the end credits are shown to appear hand-written.

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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 Tosh.0: Elephant Lady (2015)

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Soundtracks

What a Wonderful World
Written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss
Performed by Joey Ramone
Courtesy of Sanctuary Records Group

User Reviews

Great fun - Jamie's best role for years.

Fun and harmless remake of the popular 1977 Disney film of the same name.

Jamie and Lindsay star as a mother and teenage daughter, who don't exactly see eye to eye. They constantly argue and don't understand each others livelihoods and problems in any way shape or form. That is of course until they are magically transferred into each others bodies for a day with genuinely funny consequences.

Despite the over familiarity of this type of subject, it is handed with real skill and does more than enough to have you chuckling throughout and basically watching the stars make fools of themselves! Lindsay Lohan is great, but the real star of the show is Jamie Lee Curtis in her best performance for years, she clearly enjoys herself in her role as mother (and daughter!!).

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