Lack of good storyline.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Oh, Disney... where does your awesomeness end?? A mother and daughter find their personalities switched and have to live each other's lives on one strange Friday. I thought this was cute and not bad. All of the fancy characters struggle against a system that has perpetuated falsehoods. From an artistic standpoint, there were some plot elements and character developments I didn't think were totally needed. They do however drive the story, which seemed to be their purpose, so I can accept them. I am not saying the film is a classic, but it was good enough. I laughed and was moved and all of that good stuff. It gets 7 out of 10.

the original 'Freaky Friday' without a doubt proves that remakes are often botch jobs and pointless. for one thing, if you think the original material is good, why believe in all this so-called improvement.people who never get the original 'Friday' versus the remake, never understand the fundamental reasons for why the original is superior. first of all, the original is not only more like the book, it's a really dumb idea to make Annabel a seventeen year old like Lohan rather than a thirteen year old kid. hello. the role is written for a kid and not a older teen ager. the thought of a older, more mature seventeen year old acting like a spoiled young kid that doesn't understand adults is moronic. if you are seventeen and don't know something of what your parents are going through then you are developmentally challenged and need help. to make the character of Annabel as older defeats the whole message of the story. if you aren't somewhat mature by seventeen you need therapy. the story simply makes more sense when it's about a kid rather than a young adult.not to mention that Barbra Harris and Jodie Foster give much better performances than the slow witted, uninspired pseudo-nuttiness of Curtis and Lohan in the remake. the dialogue is also better and funnier in the original and lacks the pretentious restraint of the remake.a lot of people are often critical of the usual Disney "Donald Duck", cartoonish, final scenes in the original. the typical Disney "Donald Duck" slapstick endings can seem fairly routine in older Disney films, but hey, it was their signature trait, and it did help to identify them more as children's films than their contemporary counterparts that attempt to appeal to a more mature audience. besides, a lot of the goofy slapstick in the original film is hilarious. especially the scenes where they p-off the cops.some parents today might be a little put off by the fact that the mother smokes a cigarette and the house keeper accuses Annabel of smoking dope, these were unusual references for a Disney film of that time period, but the film actually takes a anti-smoking stance and the dope reference is made disapprovingly. otherwise there is little or nothing to take offense to.the original 'Freaky Friday' is one of classic Disney's best comedy/fantasy films and has obviously been remembered if not fully appreciated for what it created. a whole genre of switcheroo films like 'Big' and 'Like Father, Like Son'. can't say that's necessarily a great contribution to culture, but the original 'FF' is a funny and winning little film and deserves more respect as a original achievement than it is usually given credit for.

Never particularly loved this movie but it is lifted above the usual Disney fare by Jodie Foster, who was just totally incredible in this. You watch her and she nails the part - her performances in her movies are always better than great but to have been this good as a kid is kinda spooky, she delivers her lines so well. She is just about one of the finest actresses working in movies today along with Meryl Streep. It is so rare for a child to be as mature in performance as Jodie was. I guess the nearest child star in terms of performance is Haley Joel Osment. I have seen the remake with LL and JC but they just do not make such a good job of the parts as Jodie and Barbara (who seems to have disappeared from the movie scene-curse of the older actress).

I don't think it really matters if you see the Jamie Lee Curtis/Lindsay Lohan remake before this, but this original from Disney did pretty much start the body-swap concept. Basically Annabel Andrews (young Golden Globe nominated Jodie Foster) feels hassled by her mother, and her mother Ellen (Family Plot's Golden Globe nominated Barbara Harris) is annoyed with her daughter, they both feel like each other live an easy life. One Friday both wish they could be each other just for one day, so Annabel goes into the body Ellen, and vice versa. For a little while there are a few good points to having each other's bodies, but it soon becomes apparent that the lives they thought were easy actually aren't. In the end, both come to a point where they have to wish themselves back to their own bodies, and it does happen, but both bodies swap places, so Annabel is in the car, and Ellen on eater skis. Also starring John Astin as William Waring Andrews, Patsy Kelly as maid Mrs. Schmauss, Dick Van Patten as Harold Jennings, Vicki Schreck as Virginia and Sorrell Booke as Principal Charles Dilk. Young Foster proves herself a growing (literally) talent, and Harris is good at being youthful, there are some giggles to be had, but I preferred the remake really showing comedic complexities of each other's lives, but you may as well see it for Foster and Harris. It was nominated the Golden Globe for Best Original Song for "I'd Like to Be You for a Day". Okay!