Freakier Friday didn’t quite meet the expectations I’d built up in my head. I absolutely loved the original, and Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan had such incredible chemistry that I figured lightning would strike twice. Well, I was wrong.

The biggest disappointment was watching that magical mother-daughter dynamic from the first film just… disappear. The chemistry that made the original so special felt forced this time around, like everyone was trying too hard to recapture something that can’t be manufactured.

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What really fell flat for me was the pacing. They rushed through the important emotional beats while letting individual scenes drag on way too long. I found myself checking my watch, which is never a good sign. The body-swap comedy that felt fresh and hilarious before now felt like they were going through the motions.

Curtis and Lohan are both talented actresses, but even they couldn’t save a script that felt like it was written because someone thought, “Hey, people liked the first one, let’s make another.”If you’re expecting the heartwarming, laugh-out-loud experience of the original, you might want to just rewatch that one instead.

Grade: C+

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Plot
22 years after Tess and Anna endured an identity crisis, Anna now has a daughter and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover that lightning might strike …