THEY’VE ALWAYS BEEN IN EACH OTHER’S FACES. TODAY THEY’RE IN EACH OTHER’S BODIES. 

Tess Coleman and her daughter Anna (Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan) find it impossible to communicate with each other; when a spell in a fortune cookie makes them switch bodies, things change drastically.

This remake of the 1976 Disney movie is good family entertainment – it’s just nice to see a comedy where we believe in the characters and where everybody involved knows how to play them. The two leads perfectly capture each other’s quirks and behavior, and this clash between generations stays entertaining throughout the story.

A message about our need to understand one another may be predictable, but still a relatable and appealing part of the package.

2003-U.S. 97 min. Color. Directed by Mark Waters. Novel: Mary Rodgers. Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis (Tess Coleman), Lindsay Lohan (Anna Coleman), Mark Harmon (Ryan), Harold Gould, Chad Michael Murray, Stephen Tobolowsky. 

Trivia: Jodie Foster, who played the teenager in the original, was offered to play the mother in this remake; Annette Bening was ultimately cast, but bowed out. Kelly Osborne and Tom Selleck were also initially cast in roles. Followed by Freakier Friday (2025).