I have to admit that I've never seen the original Freaky Friday. But after viewing this sequel, I wonder could it possibly be any better? Freakier Friday is great fun and will leave all but the truly cynical with a smile on their face.
Lindsay Lohan was a teenager first time around, but time has marched on and now her character, Anna Coleman, is herself a mother/lone parent of a teenager, Harper, played by Julia Butters.
Returning co-star Jamie Lee Curtis once again plays Anna's mother, Tess, who swapped bodies with her daughter in the original movie. Of course, this time around she's also grandmother to Harper.
All three generations of girls get on, until their relationship comes under stress when Anna falls for Eric (Manny Jacinto), the father of Harper's new British classmate Lily (Sophia Hammons), and they decide to get hitched.
Problem is, Harper and Lily cannot stand each other. But that's the driving force that brings them together in a bid to stop the wedding from going ahead.
So far, so ho-hum. But what starts as a bog-standard teen tale takes a turn for the hilarious when the two girls wake up to find they've switched bodies with Harper's mother and granny.
That means Anna now resides in Harper's head and - much to her horror - Lily has swapped bodies with Tess, who's now the oldest teenager in town.
You can pretty much predict what happens next, as the two teens cause havoc in the adult world, while Anna and Tess try to come to terms with being teenagers again.
Given that they've been here before (and are both pretty good at this acting business), Lohan and a particularly lively Curtis throw themselves ito their new roles, but the up-and-coming Julia Butlers and Sophia Hammons are just as impressive with their alter egos.
It gets confusinmg every now and then, which only makes it funnier.
No one gets badly hurt and it all works out in the end - but that's not the point. It really is all about the intergenerational journey here, and the many laughs along the way.
Like teenagers, parents and grandparents, Freakier Friday is to be enjoyed rather than judged.
