I had some much needed laughs today as I saw Freakier Friday at the theater. I knew that if Jamie Lee Curtis (Tess Coleman) was in it, I was assured of having some good laughs. She did not disappoint and Lindsey Lohan can also be trusted to give a good performance. They along with some new rising stars dotted the LA scene in this sequel to Freaky Friday.

There were only a few of us in the cinema, but there were several laugh-out-loud moments as the script played on the big screen. Lindsey Lohan (Anna Coleman) has a teen daughter, Harper (Julia Butters) in high school and she despises the new Londoner, Lily (Sophia Hammons) who flaunts her distinctive accent and fashion flair.

To the teens horror, their parents meet, fall in love and begin to plan their wedding. Lily’s father, Eric (Manny Jacinto) intends  to relocate the family back to London. Then the girls set out to sabotage the wedding until a fortune-teller (Vanessa Bayer) reads the palms of all four women. She makes them repeat a phrase that in essence said that ‘until they understood the path of the other, things would remain crossed and intertwined.’

Then, it happens.The mother and daughter switch places with the two teen girls after an earth- shaking moment. It is a bit confusing because this time around, there are four people involved in the body switches, but the hilarity begins. Of course Lily, who becomes Tess cannot believe the setbacks of aging and the things that have happened to her body.

Without giving too much more away, we get to see Los Angeles from different levels. We see the highways as Jamie Lee Curtis drives crazily in a sports car;, we see actual surfing up close and personally, along with a bit of night life during a concert and we see Eric’s high-end restaurant to name a few.

It was a great way to forget the woes of the world for a couple of hours and well worth the trip. The big screen can never  truly be  replaced. It was so good to see Lindsey Lohan in good spirits, as well as seeing a few cameos from those Lindsey Lohan movies such as Elaine Hendrix. But ,Jamie Lee Curtis stole the show regardless of which character she played. Hands down!

Lynn M.
August 9, 2025