I’m as sick of inevitable Hollywood reboots as the next person (if not more so, given that I see a lot of them for work), but I have to say that Freakier Friday…kind of holds up? Trust me, I’m as surprised as anyone to be cheering on Lindsay Lohan’s comeback, but seeing the new Freaky Friday sequel in theaters with a friend on Friday felt somewhat like the part of a childhood sleepover when you all go to the movies at the mall, even though I am absolutely in my 30s.
Anyway, below, find every (single) thought I had while watching Freakier Friday:
- Wait, Lindsay’s amazing band Pink Slip is still a thing?
2. Oh wait, maybe not.
3. A podcast?? Likely thing for Dr. Tess Coleman to have.
4. Anna as a single mom makes a ton of sense and is cool :)
5. More representation of people choosing to parent solo, please!
6. God, IDK if I can parent in this day and age. Are you not even allowed to scream at your kids to get ready for school anymore?
7. We love a boomer with audio-recording issues.
8. Okay, nice, you can still scream at your kids.
9. Not a “triggered” joke under a Chappell needle-drop!
10. I desperately want to leave the note “surfing brb” for someone, but I fear I don’t possess the core strength.
11. Is Harper going to have a dramatic, Rock York Goldenblatt-style they/them reveal in this?
12. Unfortunately, I drive exactly like Jamie Lee Curtis in this movie.
13. “Anna Wintour scowled at me.” LOL.
14. I fully thought this chemistry teacher was saying “never trust an Adam,” not “atom,” and I was like, checks out, co-sign!
15. I’m seeing an enemies-to-lovers arc for Harper and this British girl.
16. Is Anna hot for teacher?
17. Teacher is hot, I must admit.
18. Oh, he’s not a teacher, he’s the British girl’s dad.
19. Single dad, I hope!
20. Okay, British girl’s name is Lily.
21. YES, he’s single :)
22. If my mom made me hang out with my high school opp in order to flirt with said opp’s dad, I would NOT be thrilled.
23. If my high school opp is reading this: Congrats on the evil white-shoe law firm job, girlie!
24. (Don’t judge me, she was MEAN.)
25. Wait, Anna’s getting married to hot single dad Eric? And moving to London?
26. It’s giving The Parent Trap.
27. Okay, I fear the first-love lesbian arc I thought I saw brewing is actually a “reluctant stepsisters” arc. Also good!
28. It is objectively funny to make people with posh British accents listen to you do a Cockney accent. I’m with Harper here.
29. Aw, Tess’s generic husband aged well.
30. Lindsay Lohan, drop the skincare and/or procedure routine, because either way, she’s glowing.
31. Can we declare a moratorium on “gaslighting’ jokes in 2025?
32. Aw, Anna does work in music, after all!
33. MAITREYI! Missed you on my screen, babe.
34. Food fight! It’s giving “Lana got coned.”
35. I know I’m in my 30s because all I think when I see an onscreen food fight is how hard it would be to clean up.
36. Well, of course Lily is mean! She lost her mom!
37. This is all so The Parent Trap-coded, which I know I already said, but it bears repeating.
38. Do Zoomers not play Boggle anymore? We’re losing our history!
39. Wait, I’m obsessed with the cameos from Chad Michael Murray and Anna’s OG bandmates.
40. Anna’s friends actually do look insanely good.
41. Mother-daughter fight time!
42. Double mother-daughter fight time!
43. Hey, it’s Vanessa Bayer!
44. Okay, this Larchmont Farmers Market joke did make me and my friend Lauren (who can most frequently be found running into each other, hungover, at the Atwater Village Farmers’ Market) laugh.
45. I’m glad this movie isn’t doubling up on the Eastern-magic plot device of the original (while still bringing back both the Chinese restaurant owner from the original and her daughter, in a less stereotypical way).
46. Okay, so we’re talking double body-swap?
47. IT’S ALL HAPPENING!
48. Narratively significant thunderstorm time ;)
49. Man, my dog would hate this scene.
50. Wait, so Harper and Anna switched bodies? And so did Tess and Lily?
51. I don’t mind this!
52. I missed JLC hamming it up in teen mode, I have to say.
53. LOL, “water sommelier.” I would be good at that job.
54. God, this is so many screaming women.
55. Also, I can’t keep track of who’s in whose body!!!
56. I just heard a child in the movie theater ask his mom: “What’s marriage?”
57. Call in Amy Elliot Dunne!
58. Classic LA-set movie cameo from a pink bakery box of pastries.
59. Okay, both Anna and Tess dressed as zoomers look amazing??
60. How am I 32?
61. “Wannabe Valley Village rocket mom.” Brutal.
62. So many current and former SNL girlies in this film, I love it.
63. Chloe Fineman as a Raygun-style Australian hip-hop dance teacher kind of feels like it came out of a joke slot machine, but it works.
64. Finally, a direct elder-millennial shoutout! This film knows its audience.
65. In-school suspension with no devices? Get these zoomers’ asses!
66. I would love to sit and read all day, personally.
67. Oh, okay, Anna feels the same way, so I’m right on track for my age group.
68. I’ve been targeted again by these big, floppy hats and gobs of sunscreen.
69. Sue me for wanting to minimize my risk of sun damage!!!!!!!
70. Okay, my longtime crush Elaine Hendrix has not aged.
71. Loving this Maitreyi crash-out.
72. Here’s how too-old I am for this movie: I’m taking breaks to text my bestie about how she and her two-week-old baby are doing.
73. Loving these bangs on JLC.
74. God, teens really do just want autonomy (a significantly less fun remix of “girls just want to have fun”).
75. These ’fits!
76. My God, I love a good makeover montage.
77. Aw, Lily really is good at styling, even if Tess is getting the credit.
78. Lime scooter propaganda!!!!
79. Aw, they’re in Los Feliz!
80. The Silverlake Lounge! Lauren had their birthday there this very week!
81. CHAD! MICHAEL! MURRAY! In the flesh!
82. Okay, this film is perfect.
83. Aw, I love that these teens haven’t had boyfriends yet.
84. But the “secret foreign boyf” move is still alive and well, thank God.
85. Coldplay slander! I’ve been hit again!
86. Aw, they really know each other’s kids!
87. Gonna have to object to this humanization of an ICE agent, sorry.
88. Tattoos as parenting report cards? I (covered in tats) do not like that!
89. “I just don’t understand how anyone can dislike California.” Okay, baby Joan Didion!
90. Oh, girls, just be friends.
91. Okay, with the Blue Crush-esque surfing subplot, this movie is officially my favorite rom-com Frankenstein ever.
92. Oh, LOL, they called it out.
93. Oh no, premarital strife!
94. Chad really earning his check with these scene-stealers.
95. I want to see Ella in concert!
96. At the Wiltern, no less!
97. This is kind of a bop, NGL.
98. PINK SLIP REUNION!???
99. Should I get hair tinsel?
100. Why is an involved dad so hot? (Oh, because standards for dads are below the earth’s core?)
101. Mother-daughter joint slay!
102. We’re so back....in our own bodies, and in love with cinema as an art form.
