Freaky Friday

Annabel and her mother are not quite themselves today... In fact, they're each other!

1976 • 95 min • Fantasy · Comedy · Family

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Synopsis

School girl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel. They both think that the other has an easy life. On a normal Friday morning, both complain about each other and wish they could have the easy life of their daughter/mother for just one day and their wishes come true as a bit of magic puts Annabel in Mrs. Andrews' body and vice versa. They both have a Freaky Friday.

Our family guide

Best from age 6

Movie Knight Score

315 reviews

50 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
61 Audience · 313 · 49%

Annabel and her mother, Mrs. Andrews, switch bodies for a day after wishing for an easier life. They experience each other's daily routines, from school challenges to household responsibilities, leading to comical mishaps and a newfound understanding.

Violence & peril: 1/10
Language: 1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 0/10
Romance & sensuality: 0/10
Scary moments: 1/10

Heads up

Brief moments of mild slapstick comedy
Some light tension during the body-swap discovery

What it models well

Empathy and understanding
Family bonds and appreciation
Walking in someone else's shoes
Communication

Talk about it after

What it's like to be a kid versus an adult
The challenges of different roles in a family
How understanding others helps resolve conflict

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Top billed cast

Director: Gary Nelson • Crew: Mary Rodgers

Trailers & clips

Freaky Friday (1977)

Reviewer notes

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster are superb in <em>'Freaky Friday'</em>! Having only seen the 2003 remake, I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this 1976 original. In short, I loved it. It's funny and charming, a real shining light in Disney's live-action stuff from the 1970s. They only give you a snippet of Ellen (Harris) and Annabel (Foster) in their actual state, before switching it up, but it's mor...
r96sk, TMDB Community

Not recommended
Okay watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend. It was interesting to see a young Jodie Foster... While I appreciate this popularizing (I'm still not convinced it birthed) a trope of "body swapping", it seems very uninspired: as if they said, "Wouldn't it be great if a kid and a parent swapped?" and then just stopped coming up with ideas. It was honestly very jarring on both swaps, the latter b...
Kamurai, TMDB Community