Freakier Friday

Freakier Friday is a 2025 American fantasy comedy film directed by Nisha Ganatra and written by Jordan Weiss. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, it is a sequel to Freaky Friday (2003), itself based on Mary Rodgers's 1972 novel, and the seventh overall film in the franchise. Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Rosalind Chao, Ryan Malgarini, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Lucille Soong reprise their respective roles from the original film, with Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons in her feature film debut and Manny Jacinto joining the cast.

Filming for Freakier Friday took place from June to August of 2024. It premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on July 22, 2025, and was released theatrically by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures on August 8. It received generally positive reviews from critics.

22 years after the first film, Anna Coleman has become a music producer and manager and has the help of her mother Tess in raising teenage daughter Harper. Harper is squabbling with a new classmate, British immigrant Lily Davies, and once the two cause an incident at chemistry class, Anna is called to the principal's office, meets Lily's father Eric, and the two fall in love. Six months later they are engaged, and the already arguing soon-to-be stepsisters are dissatisfied, with Harper afraid her mother will move to London and leave her behind with Tess, while Lily wants to return to London rather than remain full-time in Los Angeles. The two eventually start a food fight at a bake sale that lands their class in detention.

During Anna's bachelorette party, Anna and Tess and later Harper and Lily have separate palm readings from the supposed psychic Madame Jen, who warns the two duos about their fractured lives. An earthquake then occurs, which only the four feel. The next morning, they discover they have switched bodies - Anna and Tess are now Harper and Lily, and vice-versa.

Anna and Tess leave to school and spend time in detention before leaving to learn more about the swap from Madame Jen, who tells them they are supposed to fix each others’ hearts. Meanwhile, Harper and Lily decide to take advantage of their new identities to call off the wedding. They go to a photoshoot of Anna's client Ella, helping the singer overcome a break-up, and learn Anna had written a love song in secret that is seemingly about Anna's high school boyfriend Jake, who they decide can help disrupt the relationship with Eric. Harper is unsuccessful at seducing Jake, but Lily manages to bond with him.

During an immigration interview with Eric, Harper figures out how much he knows and loves about her mother, and starts to rethink about breaking up their relationship. But Lily is still intent on calling it off, and after making a scene and bringing in Jake for the rehearsal dinner, Eric decides he cannot continue with the engagement and leaves. An angry and devastated Anna leaves to help Ella in her concert, being followed by Harper. While celebratory at first, once confronted by Tess, Lily realizes her selfishness made her father unhappy. She goes after Eric to convince him to not give up on Anna, with all three leaving to get her at Ella's concert.

At the concert, Anna discovers her old band Pink Slip was brought in by Ella to perform Anna's song in the concert, and once she tells Harper that she wrote the song about her, mother and daughter reconnect and play it together. Eric sees the performance and renews his love for Anna, and watching from backstage with Tess, Lily acknowledges she wants to be a part of this family, and with all at peace they return to their original bodies. The wedding goes as planned.

In May 2023, Disney announced a sequel to the fantasy-comedy film Freaky Friday (2003) was in development, written by Elyse Hollander, with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan set to reprise their roles as Tess and Anna Coleman, respectively.^[4] In March 2024, Lohan confirmed the sequel was in active development, and Nisha Ganatra had been hired to direct the film, with Jordan Weiss rewriting the script.^[5][6] In June 2024, Julia Butters,^[7] Manny Jacinto,^[8] Sophia Hammons, and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan^[9] joined the cast, with Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Christina Vidal, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Rosalind Chao reprising their roles from the original film.^[10] The following month, Jordan E. Cooper joined the cast.^[11] Principal photography began in Los Angeles on June 24, 2024,^[10] and finished on August 21.^[12] The film's official title was announced by Curtis and Lohan at the 2024 D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event on August 9.^[13] In January 2025, it was revealed that Vanessa Bayer joined the cast.^[14] Following the release of the teaser trailer, it was disclosed Elaine Hendrix would also be appearing in the film.^[15] Eleanor Infante edited the film.^[16]

In March 2025, it was announced that Amie Doherty would compose the film's score, after previously collaborating with Ganatra on The High Note (2020).^[17] On July 11, 2025, a new version of the song "Take Me Away" by the fictional band Pink Slip was released by Hollywood Records as a single for Freakier Friday. A previous version of the song appeared in Freaky Friday.^[18] The full soundtrack was released by Hollywood Records on August 1, 2025.^[19]

Freakier Friday premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on July 22, 2025, and was released theatrically in the United States on August 8.^[20][21]

In the United States and Canada, Freakier Friday was released alongside Weapons and Sketch, and is projected to gross between $27 million and $30 million from 3,975 theaters in its opening weekend.^[22][23] It earned $3.1 million from Wednesday and Thursday preview screenings.^[24][25][26]

According to its 73% certified fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes, early critical reception has been generally positive, which may support strong family turnout over the weekend. The preview figures are comparable to recent PG-rated releases such as Mufasa: The Lion King ($3.3 million) and Wonka ($3.5 million).^[27]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 73% of 146 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "Freakier Friday doesn't reinvent the original's story so much as it swaps the formula around for a frothy good time, with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan easily slipping back into roles that fit them like mixed-and-matched gloves."^[28] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 61 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[29] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.

Maureen Lee Lenker of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an A- and described it as "a heart-on-its-sleeve ode to strengthening and forging bonds, the power of deep and unconditional love, and the warmth and safety of one's chosen family, most especially when it's at its freakiest."^[30] Time Out's Olly Richards gave the film three stars out of five and wrote, "There are almost endless holes you could pick in its logic and storytelling, but it gives you few reasons to want to. This Friday's freakier, but it's kind of… funner too."^[31]

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