Rating: G
Genre:
Comedy
Release Date: 06/01/2004
SubTitles: Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Excellent For Children, Watch With Your Kids
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
Prolific television director
Gary Nelson made the
Walt Disney live-action
comedy Freaky Friday, based on the novel by
Mary Rodgers.
Barbara Harris stars as suburban housewife
Ellen Andrews, the wife of
Bill (
John Astin) and the mother of
Annabel (
Jodie Foster) and
Ben (
Sparky Marcus).
Ellen just can't understand what's going on with teenaged
Annabel, who hangs around the house making snappy remarks, eating ice cream for breakfast, and calling her brother Apeface. They each make a separate wish to be in the other's place, and they get their wish on Friday 13th. Ellen has to go through the day as a kid, playing on the field hockey team and dealing with typing class.
Annabel has to deal with grown-up problems like getting appliances fixed and preparing a banquet. The whole silly story ends with a wacky car-chase/water skiing/hang-gliding conclusion in keeping with other
Disney movies of the day.
Freaky Friday was remade twice with the same title, and spawned a whole subgenre of body-switching movies in the 1980s.
~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
;)
