Okay watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend.
It was interesting to see a young Jodie Foster...
While I appreciate this popularizing (I'm still not convinced it birthed) a trope of "body swapping", it seems very uninspired: as if they said, "Wouldn't it be great if a kid and a parent swapped?" and then just stopped coming up with ideas. It was honestly very jarring on both swaps, the latter being honestly confusing (despite having addressed it directly).
The movie made me realize how difficult it would be to swap places and attempt to "be" that person without a shred of... read the rest.
Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster are superb in 'Freaky Friday'!
Having only seen the 2003 remake, I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this 1976 original. In short, I loved it. It's funny and charming, a real shining light in Disney's live-action stuff from the 1970s.
They only give you a snippet of Ellen (Harris) and Annabel (Foster) in their actual state, before switching it up, but it's more than enough to set up how the characters should act versus how they then act. The two leads are utterly fantastic, they both boss their respective roles. It's easy to forget they're... read the rest.
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