Review Disney's Freaky Friday (1976) — Disnerd Movie Challenge

Freaky Friday is a 1976 American fantasy comedy film directed by Gary Nelson from a screenplay by Mary Rodgers, based on her 1972 novel. The film stars Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster in the lead roles.. The oddball cousin of the Freaky Friday family, A Billion for Boris tosses the body-swap concept aside entirely in favor of a sci-fi "what if?" premise. The story begins when Annabel and her boyfriend Boris find a television that broadcasts future news. It feels like a harmless way to predict small events at first.

Freakier Friday, the sequel to the 2003 Lindsay Lohan/ Jamie Lee Curtis version of Freaky Friday, hits theaters in two weeks, on August 8, 2025 — making now the perfect moment to revisit the original, 1976's Freaky Friday. The classic Disney magical mother-daughter body swap comedy is nearly 50 years old, and though some of its stars have passed, a number are still with us. Jodie Foster.. Marc McClure as Boris Harris (who makes a cameo appearance in 2003's Freaky Friday as Boris making a delivery) is great in his role as the allergy-prone object of Annabel's affections. Another standout character is Mrs. Schmauss the cleaning lady. Her interactions with "Mrs. Andrews" are side splitting from start to finish.