Freakier Friday reunites Lohan and Curtis in four-way bodyswap comedy

Freakier Friday picks up more than two decades after the original, reuniting Lindsay Lohan’s Anna and Jamie Lee Curtis’s Tess in a broader, family-centered comedy that expands the bodyswap premise while staying true to the heart of the 2003 tale. The new film introduces a younger generation, adds more swaps, and weaves in a contemporary lens on parenting, relationships, and intergenerational empathy, all while delivering the familiar spark that made the first film a cultural touchstone for Disney’s legacy sequels.

Now grown, Anna is a single mother and music producer paneling into a life that keeps her on the move. Tess remains a forceful, hands-on presence, though her overbearing tendencies have shifted as she bonds with Anna’s daughter Harper, played by Julia Butters. The new dynamic is complicated when Anna’s fiancé, Eric, played by Manny Jacinto, enters the picture and additional family ties—Harper’s friend Lily, who is also Lily’s potential stepdaughter—add to the tension. The story unfolds at a bachelorette party when a mysterious medium triggers a four-way bodyswap, sending Anna, Tess, Harper, and Lily into each other’s bodies. The central joke-and-heartbeat engine...