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Freaky Friday (eng)
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Classification:
U
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Genre:
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Comedy
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General
Release:
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23
October 2003
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Running
Time:
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1
Hour 44 Minutes
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Distributed
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Buena
Vista International
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Starring:
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Jamie
Lee Curtis
Lindsay Lohan
Mark Harmon
Harold Gould
Chad Michael Murray
Stephen Tobolowsky
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Director:
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Mark
S. Waters
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Synopsis:
One fine Friday morning, things turn freaky when
author/psychiatrist Tess discovers she is walking and
talking in the shoes, and the body, of her
guitar-loving, band-rocking 15-year-old daughter Anna,
and vice versa. Just like any mother-daughter
relationship, it's a battle between the
soon-to-be-remarried widow versus her angry rebellious
daughter. And what else could they disagree on more
than every woman's favourite subject: Men. So, when
some mystic supernatural occurrence causes both mother
and daughter to switch bodies, all hell breaks loose.
Tess soon learns what it is like being a teen in the
21st century and Anna finally understands life as a
single working parent.
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Review
by Alita Suraya
 3
stars
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A remake of Mary Rodgers' classic
novel, this comedy revolves around the lives of mom
Tess and daughter Anna. Tess is a widow and a
brilliant psychologist living a tight schedule
juggling her profession and two kids. She's also about
to get re-married. Anna is a rebellious 15-year-old
who's just trying to stay alive between detentions at
school, getting a date with her crush, and making
music with her rock band in her garage at home.
Never able to see each other eye to
eye, the pair never seems to agree on anything. So one
fine Friday, a twist of magic from a fortune cookie
turns their lives upside down. An out-of-this-world
lesson on how to walk in each other's shoes,
"Freaky Friday" is a movie that any mother
and daughter can appreciate.
This is partly due to Curtis's very
smooth performance as a fifteen-year-old. She gives an
effortless performance as a wild and witty teenager,
you'd think that all those teen-verbs coming out of
her mouth were really coming out of her mouth, if you
know what I mean. Then it all just blows you away when
she suddenly picks up the electric guitar and jams.
Truly unexpected.
As for what makes this particular
movie different, is that you suddenly see an unlikely
but possible perspective of the relationship in the
storyline. What I'm talking about is the chemistry
between Anna, trapped in her mother's body, and her
too-old-to-date crush Jake. Somehow, the outlook of a
relationship between an older woman and a young man
makes sense, and Curtis got away with it rather well.
Bravo Jamie Lee Curtis.
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