I remember seeing the original Freaky Friday 1976 version at the drive-in here in Maquoketa. I remember enjoying it tremendously. Of course, I would have been 7 or 8 years old.

I did not ever watch the rebooted film, Freaky Friday from 2003 and this movie, Freakier Friday, is a sequel to that. However, I assume there is no major need to watch that one. I mean, Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan switched bodies, and they learned lessons.

Now, throw a couple of more people into the mix as Jamie Lee and Lindsay switch bodies with Lindsay’s daughter and her soon-to-be step daughter and hijinks ensue.

Freakier Friday is a one-note joke that gets stretched way too thin. I get it. The older people are in young bodies and vice versa. It depends on the charisma of its main actors. Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Julia Butters and Sophia Hammons have moments. This ensemble is decent, but, again, there is only so much you can do with this concept before it gets old.

Because the premise stretches thin, a lot of what they did was just too silly or over-the-top. Most of the film does not work, which does not cover for the moments that do work.

There is a concert scene at the end of the film that is enjoyable.

I don’t have a lot more to say about this movie. It is basically the same as the original concept, but with just four people instead of the two. There is not much original. They do not try and reinvent the story. It is basically the same. It survives on the strength of the actors.

2.5 stars