Freaky Friday (2003)

Freaky Friday is a 2003 American fantasy-comedy teen film based on the novel of the same name by Mary Rodgers. It stars Lindsay Lohan as Anna Coleman and Jamie Lee Curtis as her mother Tess Coleman. In the film their souls are switched due to an enchanted Chinese fortune cookie. It also stars Mark Harmon, Harold Gould, and Julie Gonzalo. This is Paramount Pictures and New Line Cinema's second remake of the original 1976 film starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster. A 1995 television remake was produced by ABC, which became a subsidiary of Disney the following year.
==Plot==
Anna Coleman is an average teenager who has a rough life. She constantly fights with her stodgy widow mother Tess, and annoying younger brother Harry. The two often fight about: Anna's aspiring rock band which Tess complains because she thinks that they are all noise, Tess' upcoming second marriage to Ryan whom Anna is not emotionally ready for due to her father's death three years ago, Anna's yapping about her friend-turned-nemesis Stacey Hinkhouse who has Tess convinced that she and Anna are still best friends, and sadistic English teacher, Mr. Elton Bates who gives Anna an "F" on everything she does no matter how hard she tries. Tess also disapproves of Anna's crush, Jake, an older student.
The entire family, plus Ryan, eats out at Pei-Pei's Chinese restaurant, where Anna begs Tess to let her go on an important audition with the band. Tess refuses to let her go because the show is on the same Friday as the wedding rehearsal. The two started a heated argument until Pei-Pei's mother interrupts to give them fortune cookies, opening them creates an earthquake that only they felt. The next morning, Tess and Anna wake up in each other's bodies. They realize the fortune cookies are responsible, which contained a body switching spell, but cannot go directly to the restaurant as Anna has to go to school and Tess has to attend to her therapy patients, forcing to take each other's roles. At school, not only Tess realizes Anna was right about Stacey when she assaults her, but also Mr. Bates gives her an "F" on a pop quiz about Shakespeare's Hamlet even though she answered everything right. Tess recognizes him a former classmate who asked her out to the prom, but turned him down, and has been taking it out on her daughter. She threatens to report him to the school board unless he stops abusing Anna.
Meanwhile, before Anna goes to Tess' office, she gives Tess' body a makeover, much to her dismay. Moreover, Anna does not know how to handle Tess's very needy patients apart from a mother who visits her about her concerns for her daughter. At lunch time, Anna and Tess go back to the restaurant to confront Pei-Pei and her mother, but Pei-Pei explains that only showing selfless love to one another will break the spell. In the afternoon, Anna attends Harry's parent-teacher conference, where she reads a composition about how much Harry admires Anna. She sees her brother in a different light and vows to treat him kinder. Meanwhile, Tess attempts to make amends with Stacey, but Stacey frames her for cheating. Jake helps her finish the test, which makes Tess realize that she has misjudged him. Unfortunately, Jake is no longer enamored with "Anna" after Tess sabotages Stacey's test in revenge. Ryan surprises "Tess" with an interview on a talk show to discuss Tess' new psychology book. However, Anna turns the interview into a wild romp to cover the fact she hasn't read the book. Tess and Jake catch the interview on TV and while Tess is embarrassed, Jake is impressed. Later, Anna bumps into Jake at a coffee shop and they bond over their favorite music. Jake begins to fall in love with "Tess" and attempts to pursue her, much to the real Tess' horror.
At the rehearsal dinner, Anna's bandmates come to try to force "Anna" to sneak off to the audition, but they are caught by security. Ryan surprises Tess and Anna by giving "Anna" permission to go. Ryan honestly speaks that he just wants the kids to accept him and Ryan urges "Tess" to go support the band, finally winning Anna over. Since Tess can't play, Anna unplugs her guitar and plays while Tess mimes along and enjoys doing so. Jake is in the audience, and he sees Anna is the one for him. Tess also felt how fun music is and promises to treat Anna's band with more respect. Back at the wedding rehearsal, Tess apologies to Anna for not paying attention to what she's been going through and tells her to ask Ryan to postpone the wedding, so that Anna will not have to go through marrying him in her mother's body. Instead, Anna proposes a toast where she finally accepts Ryan because of how happy he makes Tess. This is the final act of selfless love needed to break the spell, creating another earthquake, and the two switch back bodies. On the wedding day, Tess and Ryan marry, and Anna and Jake start dating with Tess' approval. Anna's band also plays at the wedding. Pei-Pei's mother attempts to give Harry and Grandpa the body switching fortune cookies when they argue, luckily Pei-Pei confiscates them in the nick of time.
==Cast==
* Jamie Lee Curtis as Tess Coleman/Anna Coleman
* Lindsay Lohan as Anna Coleman/Tess Coleman
* Chad Michael Murray as Jake
* Mark Harmon as Ryan
* Harold Gould as Grandpa Alan
* Stephen Tobolowsky as Mr. Elton Bates
* Christina Vidal as Maddie; Lead Singer of Pink Slip
* Ryan Malgarini as Harry Coleman
* Haley Hudson as Peg; Guitarist in Pink Slip
* Rosalind Chao as Pei-Pei
* Lucille Soong as Pei-Pei's Mother
* Willie Garson as Evan
* Dina Waters as Dottie Robertson
* Julie Gonzalo as Stacey Hinkhouse
* Cayden Boyd as Harry's Friend
* Christopher Guest as Mr. Coleman (uncredited)
Category:Films
Category:2003 films
Category:2000s films
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Category:American fantasy films
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Category:2000s fantasy films
Category:2000s teen films
Category:2000s comedy films
Category:Walt Disney Pictures films
Category:American fantasy-comedy films
Category:American teen films
Category:American teen comedy films
Category:Films based on American novels
Category:Disney film remakes
Category:Films directed by Mark Waters
Category:Rated PG