Good performances struggle gamely to overcome the increasingly predictable plot.
Freaky Friday (1977)
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Reviews Counted:19
Fresh:13
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: It could only happen on Friday the 13th! While simultaneously desiring that they could change places, a mother and daughter experience a strange miracle - their wish is granted. The result of their... It could only happen on Friday the 13th! While simultaneously desiring that they could change places, a mother and daughter experience a strange miracle - their wish is granted. The result of their realized fantasy is a great amount of magical fun in this live-action Disney comedy. [More]
Starring: Barbara Harris, Jodie Foster, John Astin, Dick Van Patten
Starring: Barbara Harris, Jodie Foster, John Astin, Dick Van Patten, Kaye Ballard, Ruth Buzzi, Patsy Kelly, Sorrell Booke, Marie Windsor
Director: Gary Nelson
Director: Gary Nelson
Composer: Johnny Mandel
Reviews for Freaky Friday
The film is filled with sight gags and features a wonderful performance by Harris.
Toward the end there are some amusing car-chase scenes. Elsewhere the humor is clotted by the feeling that the jokes are chasing the reactions, instead of the other way around.
The situation -- a mother and daughter switch personalities for a day -- is rife with possibilities, but since this 1977 comedy is a Disney film, said possibilities are scrupulously squandered.
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