Jamie Lee Curtis hits out at critic for “tad harsh” ‘Freakier Friday’ review

Jamie Lee Curtis has hit out at a critic over their Freakier Friday review.

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The film sees Curtis reprise her role from the 2003 Disney comedy alongside Lindsay Lohan. They play a mother and daughter whose bodies were swapped thanks to a mysterious fortune cookie.

Since its release on Friday (August 8), critics have been weighing in on the sequel, with one particular review catching Curtis’s attention.

Time Magazine shared an excerpt of their take, written by Stephanie Zacharek, on Instagram. The review read: “No one, as far as we know, actually asked Disney for a sequel to 2003’s buoyant, surprisingly unsyrupy generation-gap comedy ‘Freaky Friday.’”

“Ugly costumes, humiliating scenarios, and zero added value – this is a sequel with the sole purpose of cashing in on the fondness people have for the original movie and nothing more,” it continued. “The worst part is, ‘Freakier Friday’ arrived in a pack of other sequels with genuinely fresh takes on their original source material.”

Curtis responded by commenting on the post, writing: “SEEMS a TAD HARSH. SOME people LOVE it. Me being one.”

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The film was officially announced last March, and it is directed by Nisha Ganatra, who has previously helmed the films Late Night and The High Note, as well as episodes of HBO’s Sex And The City spinoff And Just Like That.

The films are based on Mary Rodgers’ 1972 novel Freaky Friday, with Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris starring in the first feature film version in 1976.

In a three-star review of Freakier Friday, NME wrote: “It’s heaps of fun watching Curtis chuck herself around the set in the name of slapstick as Lohan delivers the sort of poised performance she built her career on 20 years ago. Freakier Friday isn’t a flawless sequel but it does supply a satisfying nostalgia rush – hopefully, solid box office isn’t just millennial wishful thinking.”

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