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FREAKIER FRIDAY MOVIE REVIEW
If you want a seriously freaky friday this weekend, you should probably go see Weapons. But, if you’re looking for a retread of the 2003 film with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan only now with more folks switching bodies, well, there’s Freakier Friday. Anna (Lohan) is now a music producer and manager having given up being a rock star herself (after apparently some degree of success at it) for her daughter Harper (Julia Butters). Harper is a high schooler now and would rather be surfing than studying but the real pain in her ass is a British transplant Lily (Sophia Hammons) and the two do NOT get along. When they both get in trouble, Anna is called in for a meeting with the principal along with Lily’s single dad Eric (Manny Jacinto). Sparks fly between the two and after a very Disney channel from the 2000’s style time-passing montage, they’re getting married in a few days. Which, of course, makes Lily and Harper rage queens. So enter that ol’ magic and before you can say ‘lazy cash-in’, Harper and Anna have switched bodies and Lily has switched with Harper’s grandmother, Tess (Curtis). Anyway, you get it. This film clearly was not made for Chris, Wright, and Frank but you can’t give the ‘but it’s for kids’ excuse because two of them really liked the 2003 film. But seriously, go see Weapons instead. Otherwise we might have to suffer through Freakiest Friday and please…I beg of you…don’t let that happen.
DIRECTED BY: Nisha Ganatra
STARRING: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons, Manny Jacinto, Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Rosalind Chao, Vaness Bayer, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Ryan Malgarini, Lucille Soong, Stephen Tobolowsky, Jordan E. Cooper, Elaine Hendrix, Chloe Fineman
YOUR REVIEWERS
Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Deliberations of Doom)
Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar and theater management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others).
Wright Sulek (The Other Boss, Trash in the Can, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)
Wright hails from the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. His passion for filmmaking brought him to Austin to study and make movies. Since then he’s had his hand in acting, writing, and directing his own short films with numerous like-minded film geeks he’s met along his journey. His newest interest has brought him into the podcasting world. He co-hosted a few different movie related podcasts such as ‘And Now This’ and ‘The Match Cut’. He currently co-hosts with longtime friend, Eric Samaniego, where they talk shop about the grimiest, trashiest, lost gems of movies on their show, ‘Trash in the Can’. Wright also guests and hosts reviews on Screener Squad and Highly Suspect Reviews as well as co-hosts Digital Noise with Chris Cox. As of 2024, Wright has now been inducted into the Austin Film Critics Association as well as co-owns the One of Us network with Chris Cox.
Frank Calvillo (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, What Ever Happened to Bette & Joan?)
Born and raised in South Texas, Frank currently lives in Austin and has been in love with movies ever since his father showed him some Three Stooges shorts when he was five years old. Today he loves all kinds of film, regardless of era, country, budget or genre. He believes every film has an audience and is at least one person’s favorite movie. After writing for Sight & Sound and Slackerwood, he now writes for Cinapse where his increasingly random taste in all flavors of cinema (from Rashomon to Mars Attacks!) continues to thrive. His ultimate goal is to write a script for his boyhood crush, Michelle Pfeiffer.
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