THEY’VE ALWAYS BEEN IN EACH OTHER’S FACES. TODAY THEY’RE IN EACH OTHER’S BODIES.Ā
Tess Coleman and her daughter Anna (Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan) have serious communication problems; perhaps that will change when a spell in a fortune cookie makes them switch bodies.Ā This remake of the 1976 Disney movie is good family entertainment ā itās just nice to see a comedy where the characters are thoroughly believable and everyone involved knows how to play them. The two leads perfectly capture each otherās quirks and behavior and this clash between generations remains frequently amusing. The message about the need to understand one another may be predictable but nevertheless an appealing part of the package.
2003-U.S. 97 min. Color.Ā Directed byĀ Mark Waters.Ā Cast:Ā Jamie Lee Curtis (Tess Coleman), Lindsay Lohan (Anna Coleman), Mark Harmon (Ryan), Harold Gould, Chad Michael Murray, Stephen Tobolowsky.
Trivia:Ā Jodie Foster, who played the teenager in the original, was reportedly offered to play the mother in this remake; Annette Bening was also offered that part.
