Overview

• Time magazine’s Instagram post labeled the Disney sequel a cash-in marked by ugly costumes and zero added value
• Curtis responded online by calling the critique “a tad harsh” and affirming her own enthusiasm for the film
• Freakier Friday opened nationwide on August 8 with more than $30 million in its first weekend
• The movie holds a 94 percent audience score and a 73 percent critics score on Rotten Tomatoes
• Directed by Nisha Ganatra, the sequel updates the original body-swap premise with a four-way psychic-driven twist