Overview

• The film, directed by Nisha Ganatra from a Jordan Weiss script, expands the original two-person switch into a four-way swap among mother, daughter, grandmother and stepdaughter.
• Vanessa Bayer appears as a psychic whose spell triggers the body swaps, updating the 2003 fortune-cookie device with a fresh supernatural twist.
• Newcomers Julia Butters and Sophia Hammons join Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Manny Jacinto, Mark Harmon and Chad Michael Murray to balance legacy roles with emerging talent.
• Disney pivoted Freakier Friday from an initial Disney+ plan to a theatrical August 8 release as part of its broader strategy for nostalgia-driven sequels.
• Critics have lauded the cast’s chemistry and affectionate callbacks while observing that the busy narrative sometimes feels overstuffed.