Freaky Friday was already a classic, but Freakier Friday feels like it was made just for us millennials — the kids who grew up with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis and are now adults, navigating careers, parenthood, and, well… life. This sequel does what the best legacy films do: honors the original without trying too hard to change it, while adding a modern twist that reflects how we’ve all grown up right alongside its stars.
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In a clever flip, Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan nearly reverse their roles. Jamie plays the more carefree, quirky grandma (in a very unserious, fun way), while Lohan’s Anna steps into a more grounded, mom-energy role — but not without chasing her own dreams. Anna is now a single mom working in the music industry — not necessarily front and center, but still living the life she dreamed of. And while we always rooted for her to end up with Chad Michael Murray’s Jake (don’t lie), that’s not the case here.
Instead, she meets Eric (Manny Jacinto), a charming British widower with a fashion-forward, mean-girl daughter named Lily (Sophia Hammons). Anna’s daughter, Harper (played by breakout star Julia Butters from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), isn’t thrilled about the sudden blended-family situation. Naturally, chaos ensues — especially once body swaps start happening again, this time with double the trouble.
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The movie winds up being rather touching. It’s all about how Harper and Lily, in trying to break up their parents’ engagement, discover that they actually do want to be sisters. It’s also about how Harper realizes her mom has been quietly supporting her all along in ways she never noticed. Anna, formerly the frontwoman of her high school rock band Pink Slip, is now the manager of a global pop star (Ella, played by Maitreyi Ramakrishnan), but she’s still been writing songs on the side. Oh, and yes — in a hilarious twist — Jake is still obsessed with Jamie Lee Curtis’s Tess, and we get a fun nod to that at the end.
While no movie is perfect, Freakier Friday hits right where it needs to: our nostalgia-loving millennial hearts. It gives us permission to reconnect with our inner childhood selves while acknowledging that growing up is messy — and shared. The movie reminds us that we all went through similar things, and that’s what makes this ride so comforting. And if you’re wondering whether it’ll actually get to you emotionally… just wait until the guitar duet scene. Enough said.
