Freaky Friday

19761976
GG
1h 35min

Jodie Foster, John Astin, and Barbara Harris in Freaky Friday (1976)

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Comedy Family Fantasy

A mother and daughter find their personalities switched and have to live each other's lives on one strange Friday.A mother and daughter find their personalities switched and have to live each other's lives on one strange Friday.A mother and daughter find their personalities switched and have to live each other's lives on one strange Friday.

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Awards
- 3 nominations

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Jodie Foster, John Astin, Barbara Harris, Sparky Marcus, and Marc McClure in Freaky Friday (1976)

Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris in Freaky Friday (1976)

Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris in Freaky Friday (1976)

Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris in Freaky Friday (1976)

Jamie Lee Curtis, Jodie Foster, Barbara Harris, and Lindsay Lohan in Freaky Friday (1976)

Freaky Friday (1976)

Freaky Friday (1976)

Jodie Foster in Freaky Friday (1976)

Barbara Harris in Freaky Friday (1976)

Barbara Harris and Marc McClure in Freaky Friday (1976)

Jodie Foster in Freaky Friday (1976)

Jodie Foster in Freaky Friday (1976)

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Schoolgirl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel. They each think that the other has an easy life. On a normal Friday morning, each complain about the other and wish she could have the easy life of her daughter/mother for just one day and their wishes come true as a bit of magic puts Annabel in Mrs. Andrews' body and vice versa. They each have a Freaky Friday. —David A Sparling <d.a.sparling@bradford.ac.uk>

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Taglines
- Annabel and her Mother are not quite themselves today- in fact, they're each other! [UK]
Genres
Certificate
- G
Parents guide

Trivia
The title song "I'd Like to be You for a Day" is sung by Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster.

Goofs
In the diner where Virginia and Annabel are eating breakfast, Annabel says, "I can't eat what I want, wear what I want ..." and tosses a spoonful of ice cream at a large mirror behind the counter. You can see in the mirror that Annabel's lips aren't moving while this line is being said.

Quotes
[Annabelle and her mother have already just got their own bodies back, but stayed in the same places that they were switched, and it looks to Boris and Ben like she and her mother just did an impossible trick]
Boris Harris: Hey Annabelle, where did you come from?
Annabel: Don't ask me.
Ben Andrews: Where did Mom go?
Annabel: Don't ask me.
Ben Andrews: Can you do that again?
Annabel: I hope not.

Connections
Featured in I Love the '70s: Volume 2: 1976 (2006)

Soundtracks
I'd like to be you for a day
Words and Music Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
Performed by Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster (uncredited)

Top review

6/10

Fun, but hasn't aged that well

There are definitely parts of Freaky Friday that haven't aged well. Some moments are laughably dated whereas others are cringeworthy. However, this is still a fun family movie that keeps everyone entertained. Plus, it's the first body swap movie in history, so that deserves some respect, dangit!

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Release date
- January 21, 1977 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official site
- Official site
Language
- English
Also known as
- Ein ganz verrückter Freitag
Filming locations
- Burbank, California, USA
Production company
- Walt Disney Productions
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Gross US & Canada
- $25,942,000
Gross worldwide
- $25,942,000

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Runtime
- 1h 35min
Color
- Color
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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