Freaky Friday (1976)

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1. 

   chunkylefunga

   A decent film with a nice intro song. 11 years 11 months ago
2. 

   Siskoid

   It's 1976 and Disney is still making goofy comedies like it's the 60s. Case in point, the original Freaky Friday, which avoids any lore to explain the body switcheroo (I think that's next level and it's great, we lost that over time) and comes across as part kids' storybook and madcap cartoon. How does this story of mother-daughter strife'n'understanding fill its third act with water AND car stunts?! I'm don't think it really passes my litmus test for this type of story however. Do the actors - in this case, young Jodie Foster and Barbara "Who do you get when Madelne Kahn?" Harris - actually manage the other person's performance? Harris has some moments that play to Foster's tomboy persona, but mostly plays the teenager in an adult's body as if she were consistently drunk. Foster hinges closer, but her character, though rebellious, is already a young adult and leader among her peers, so I don't find it that different. So over the day, they're supposed to find out that the other's life isn't as easy as it seems, etc., but this would hit harder if the movie understood what things were really like. What kind of bougie school does Foster go to, and why does the mother have to be an idiot who doesn't unerstand the simplest things (like you don't score on your own goal) to create that conflict. I think teens have plenty to struggle with without inventing them. Things do get more amusing as we go, but in the end, the movie misses the most important lesson and doesn't end with Harris serving husband John Astin divorce papers. Disney: "We've had our fun, now let's keep the traditional family unit together and make mommy a slave again." Dated much? I won't even get into the dad getting accidentally turned on by his daughter... 2 years 1 month ago
3. 

   buc86

   The biggest mistake they made is the main characters not having a scene together while they are in each other's bodies. That would have been fun to see.
   
   Also, IMDb credits Barbara Harris as playing Mrs. Andrews and Jodie Foster as playing Annabel, but really they play the other character for most of the film. 3 years ago

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