2003's "Freaky Friday" was a movie of its time — it had the music, the clothes, and most of all it had Lindsay Lohan. On the other hand, body swap comedies are forever. So it's not completely unexpected that a sequel to this story would be made ... except that it's after 23 years. While everything old is being revived, sequelized, and reimagined these days, I for one, didn't have "Freakier Friday" starring Lohan on my 2025 bingo card. And the fact that this is a fantastic sequel is even more surprising.
Full disclosure: I loved the first "Freaky Friday," which I saw in the theater when it came out. I hadn't watched it since, though, until I saw it in preparation for the sequel. It's still funny and heartwarming, but very much of its early 2000s time. How could they update this story to ac