My wife is a massive fan of this movie, and 2025’s Freakier Friday is probably her most anticipated movie of the year! I had not seen this for years, but I remember it being fun. We are talking about the 2003 remake Freaky Friday here, but while I knew that there was an original Freaky Friday in the 60s. I had no idea that there was already a remake, which was made for TV in the mid-’90s, before this one came out in 2003. I tell you, there are way more movies in the Freaky Friday series than I knew!
Where to Watch Freaky Friday (2003)
Freaky Friday was released on August 6, 2003. You can download the film from a digital store such as Prime Video or Apple TV. You can also stream it.
The Movie Review
My wife is a massive fan of this movie, and 2025’s Freakier Friday is probably her most anticipated movie of the year! I had not seen this for years, but I remember it being fun. We are talking about the 2003 remake Freaky Friday here, but while I knew that there was an original Freaky Friday in the 60s. I had no idea that there was already a remake, which was made for TV in the mid-’90s, before this one came out in 2003. I tell you, there are way more movies in the Freaky Friday series than I knew!
Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis Shine
The 2003 Freaky Friday stars Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, and the chemistry that these two talented ladies have is just fantastic. You know, Freaky Friday is one of those movies that I actually liked way more than I remembered liking. This is just a super fun movie, a movie that the whole family can enjoy together, teenagers will love, as will pre-teens, and even older folks like myself can have fun here and relate to the characters.
Dealing with Grief, Growth, and Generational Gaps
Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis play the roles of Anna and Tess Coleman. Anna is such a cool kid, but she is still getting over the death of her father, and while she is a rockstar, her school life is less than great. She is bullied and just has a hard time fitting in. Lindsay Lohan is such a great actress, and while Cady will always be my favorite role of hers, Anna is a very close second. Kind of off topic here, but I love how Lindsay Lohan has had a bit of a career resurgence the last few years.
Her mother, Tess, is a therapist, and she has a new fiancé in Mark Harmon’s Ryan. Tess is trying her best, but due to the upcoming wedding, things with Anna are pretty tense. It all comes to a head when Anna has to miss out on a gig for some wedding rehearsal dinner, and the pair of them have a huge argument.
The Body-Swap Premise That Never Gets Old
This is going down in a Chinese restaurant, and a rather mystical woman working there gives them fortune cookies, and these fortune cookies cause them to wake up in the wrong bodies the next day. Look, I would wager that pretty much everyone knows what the gimmick of Freaky Friday is at this point.
Familiar but Fresh: Why Freaky Friday Still Works
However, it is the execution of it that makes this such a fun movie. The two have to live each other’s lives, and they come to see the challenges that they each face. There are some hilarious scenes, and it is so much fun to see the two actresses having to act such drastically different ages than what they are. They both fully commit to the part, and even though I had seen this before, I was laughing. I will say that the movie is pretty predictable, but that I not a bad thing in a movie like this.
If you want a fun time, you really cannot go wrong with the 2003 Freaky Friday. I know that some will say the original is the best, and there is probably one person who likes the 1995 version, but for me, this is the best Freaky Friday. It is so awesome that this got a sequel, and I am excited to go and see it, which I am actually going to do this weekend as I am writing this.
