Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Strong and Moving!

A lot of fun.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The first half hour of the movie is about Jodie as, she very messy slob for 13 year old girl and she does not think she looks that good but I don't think she really cared. She and and mother seem argue a lot and they both seem to watch swap places with each other and this happens at the same but in not in same room. I wasn't keen with the effect of switch, it did bother me a little but got over cause rest of the movie was hoot, out of 3 freaky Friday movies this one had me laughing the most. I didn't really find first half hour of movie funny but when the switch happens and movies keeps you laughing at every turn and some of jokes are really silly at times but those are mainly for kids not saying adult won't like, there a plenty of good jokes for the whole family to enjoy. I can't remember the last times laughed so much one movie, I thought this movie was absolutely hilarious, it had laughing to very last scene of the movie., 8 out of 10

The teenager Annabel (Jodie Foster) has friction with her mother Mrs. Andrews (Barbara Harris) and her younger brother Ben. One Friday morning, the both wish to be the other for one day at the same time and their wishes come true and they swap bodies. Meanwhile, Mr. Andrews (John Astin), who is the PR of a company, is preparing a party to promote a real estate, and he counts on the support of his wife and daughter. Along the day, Annabel and Mrs. Andrews learn the problems of each other and understand the difficulties of the other. The original "Freaky Friday" is a very funny Disney movie even thirty-six years after its release. Barbara Harris steals the film and together with the teenager Jodie Foster, they are responsible for hilarious situations. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Se Eu Fosse a Minha Mãe" ("If I Were My Mother")

the original 'Freaky Friday' without a doubt proves that remakes are often botch jobs and pointless. for one thing, if you think the original material is good, why believe in all this so-called improvement.people who never get the original 'Friday' versus the remake, never understand the fundamental reasons for why the original is superior. first of all, the original is not only more like the book, it's a really dumb idea to make Annabel a seventeen year old like Lohan rather than a thirteen year old kid. hello. the role is written for a kid and not a older teen ager. the thought of a older, more mature seventeen year old acting like a spoiled young kid that doesn't understand adults is moronic. if you are seventeen and don't know something of what your parents are going through then you are developmentally challenged and need help. to make the character of Annabel as older defeats the whole message of the story. if you aren't somewhat mature by seventeen you need therapy. the story simply makes more sense when it's about a kid rather than a young adult.not to mention that Barbra Harris and Jodie Foster give much better performances than the slow witted, uninspired pseudo-nuttiness of Curtis and Lohan in the remake. the dialogue is also better and funnier in the original and lacks the pretentious restraint of the remake.a lot of people are often critical of the usual Disney "Donald Duck", cartoonish, final scenes in the original. the typical Disney "Donald Duck" slapstick endings can seem fairly routine in older Disney films, but hey, it was their signature trait, and it did help to identify them more as children's films than their contemporary counterparts that attempt to appeal to a more mature audience. besides, a lot of the goofy slapstick in the original film is hilarious. especially the scenes where they p-off the cops.some parents today might be a little put off by the fact that the mother smokes a cigarette and the house keeper accuses Annabel of smoking dope, these were unusual references for a Disney film of that time period, but the film actually takes a anti-smoking stance and the dope reference is made disapprovingly. otherwise there is little or nothing to take offense to.the original 'Freaky Friday' is one of classic Disney's best comedy/fantasy films and has obviously been remembered if not fully appreciated for what it created. a whole genre of switcheroo films like 'Big' and 'Like Father, Like Son'. can't say that's necessarily a great contribution to culture, but the original 'FF' is a funny and winning little film and deserves more respect as a original achievement than it is usually given credit for.

I don't think it really matters if you see the Jamie Lee Curtis/Lindsay Lohan remake before this, but this original from Disney did pretty much start the body-swap concept. Basically Annabel Andrews (young Golden Globe nominated Jodie Foster) feels hassled by her mother, and her mother Ellen (Family Plot's Golden Globe nominated Barbara Harris) is annoyed with her daughter, they both feel like each other live an easy life. One Friday both wish they could be each other just for one day, so Annabel goes into the body Ellen, and vice versa. For a little while there are a few good points to having each other's bodies, but it soon becomes apparent that the lives they thought were easy actually aren't. In the end, both come to a point where they have to wish themselves back to their own bodies, and it does happen, but both bodies swap places, so Annabel is in the car, and Ellen on eater skis. Also starring John Astin as William Waring Andrews, Patsy Kelly as maid Mrs. Schmauss, Dick Van Patten as Harold Jennings, Vicki Schreck as Virginia and Sorrell Booke as Principal Charles Dilk. Young Foster proves herself a growing (literally) talent, and Harris is good at being youthful, there are some giggles to be had, but I preferred the remake really showing comedic complexities of each other's lives, but you may as well see it for Foster and Harris. It was nominated the Golden Globe for Best Original Song for "I'd Like to Be You for a Day". Okay!