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Like most \u201cFreaky Friday\u201d fans, I was both excited and anxious to hear that a sequel starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis was coming out 20+ years after their reboot of the original film. Mostly because follow-up films are often hit or miss, especially when we\u2019re talking about follow-ups to Y2K classics that are almost always hard to top.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cFreaky Friday\u201d became so iconic, most people forget that the beloved 2003 Disney movie is actually a remake of the 1976 film starring Jodie Foster (which is based on a Mary Rodgers novel).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
That said, \u201cFreakier Friday\u201d understandably had high standards to live up to \u2014 or so I thought before screening the film.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The sequel, which marked the return of Lohan and Curtis as a mother-daughter duo, is an obvious nod back to the magic that started it all, but with a new multigenerational twist. Instead of only Anna (Lohan) and Tess (Curtis) swapping bodies, Anna\u2019s teenage daughter, Harper (Julia Butters), and her soon-to-be stepsister, Lily (Sophia Hammons), find themselves experiencing an identity crisis, too, as they protest the merger of their families with Anna\u2019s marriage to Eric (Manny Jacinto), Lily\u2019s father.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Of course, the four-way switch yields all sorts of hilarious shenanigans that harken back to what got millennials hooked on \u201cFreaky Friday\u201d decades ago. And for the most part, it works.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The big laughs, emotions and slapstick humor (aside from a few cringe moments), coupled with a heavy dose of nostalgia, make for a very entertaining watch. I realized the sequel didn\u2019t need to meet any unrealistic expectations to be a success.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
It seemed audiences felt the same way, with the sequel becoming a real summer box-office hit<\/a> over the weekend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n