BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- Bigger is not always better when it comes to movies.

Way back in 2003, Lindsay Lohan and pre-Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis played a daughter and mother who mysteriously swap bodies. What passed as a story thread was that the only way they could fully appreciate each other was to literally walk a mile in each other’s shoes.

The story was presented with slapstick comedy, over-the-top acting and endless juvenile situations. In the movie world, “Freaky Friday” was a palate cleanser between better movies. Because streaming had not taken over, theaters were the only real outlet for this kind of mundane material.

Because every idea in Hollywood is like a zombie and won’t die, the body-swapping gimmick has been resurrected for “Freakier Friday.” Despite the passing

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