Freakier Friday, the sequel to Disney’s 2003 teen classic Freaky Friday, seemed like a risky venture all round. Firstly, Disney has a very bad rep when it comes to sequels. Whenever the House of Mouse has a hit, its follow-up ends up getting script-by-committee’d to death. And then there’s star Lindsay Lohan, former teen queen of Hollywood turned troubled starlet with a rap sheet so long film studios once had to take out special insurance before they cast her.
Lohan, 39, has turned her life around and returned to acting, with leading roles in a trio of Netflix holiday romance slop movies. But it’s Freakier Friday that should herald her true return to her rightful throne of high voltage star power combined with comedy chops. And, amazingly, Disney hasn’t screwed up a sequel for the first time since Lion King 2.
