“Freakier Friday” proves that time is its own magical device. Generations of fans of the body-swap series — from the original 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers and Jodie Foster‘s 1976 Disney adaptation to this 21st century update — have had decades to learn firsthand that everyone becomes their parents, no cursed fortune cookie required.

In the justly beloved 2003 remake, emo teenager Anna ( Lindsay Lohan ) was horrified to wake up as her uptight mother Tess ( Jamie Lee Curtis ) — and vice versa — on the eve of Tess’ wedding. Now, Anna is the strict single mother who can’t get her grouchy high schooler, Harper ( Julia Butters ), to approve of her own fiancé, Eric ( Manny Jacinto ), a doting British widower who comes with his bratty girl, Lily (Sophia Hammons). Meanwhile, Tess beams with

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