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FREAKIER FRIDAY – Review by Julia Swift

August 7, 2025August 9, 2025 Julia Swift disney, freakier friday, Freaky Friday, jamie lee curtis, lindsay lohan, Nisha Ganatra

Freakier Friday brings a wave of nostalgia, laughter, and heartfelt storytelling. Light, fun, and expertly crafted, this sequel is poised to delight audiences of all ages. Especially those who hold the original close to their hearts. Grab your friends, your mom, your daughter and head to the theater. You will laugh. You might even cry. If Freakier Friday is a runaway hit, we may get more opportunities to feel the community of women laughing together in a crowded theater, bonding as we walk into the lobby, and maybe even admitting that some sequels are worth it.

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FREAKIER FRIDAY – Review by Valerie Kalfrin

August 7, 2025August 9, 2025 Valerie Kalfrin freakier friday, Freaky Friday, jamie lee curtis, Julia Butters. disney, lindsay lohan, Nisha Ganatra

Jamie Lee Curtis is a comedic treasure. In the family film Freakier Friday, she eyes drugstore “senior products” with horror, wails over wrinkles and having “no lips,” gulps ugly tears, and bemoans knees not moving as fast as her mind wants. Channeling a teenager who finds her mind plopped inside the body of a suburban grandma, the sixty-six-year-old Oscar-winner is game and gloriously endearing. The film itself is funny and charming, too.

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FREAKIER FRIDAY – Review by Susan Granger

August 7, 2025August 13, 2025 Susan Granger disney, freakier friday, Freaky Friday, jamie lee curtis, lindsay lohan, Nisha Ganatra

As an admitted nostalgia nerd, I was eagerly anticipating Freakier Friday, sequel to Freaky Friday (2003) in which ‘mama’ Jamie

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SPOTLIGHT August 2025: Amie Doherty, Composer and Orchestrator, FREAKIER FRIDAY

August 1, 2025August 1, 2025 Leslie Combemale Amie Doherty, ascap, berklee college of music, Dave Matthews Band, disney, dreamworks, Ellie Cumming, freakier friday, jeff russo, Nisha Ganatra, spotlight, Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design

Amie Doherty is an extraordinarily talented, inspired and creative composer doing wonderful work in her field, regardless of her gender. She’s a trailblazer who continuously develops and expands her own aesthetic as a musician and artist through her career choices. She has collaborated with female directors — with Nisha Ganatra, Clea DuVal, Elaine Bogan, and Jessica Gao, to be specific — who choose to hire female composers. And, she has been generous in opening opportunities for other women composers, orchestrators and conductors. She shares her experiences with AWFJ in an exclusive interview.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Nisha Ganatra’s FREAKIER FRIDAY opens in August – Brandy McDonnell reports

June 27, 2025June 27, 2025 Brandy McDonnell disney'freaky friday, female directors, freakier friday, jamie lee curtis, lindsay lohan, Nisha Ganatra, the week in women, twiw

Nisha Ganatra’s eagerly awaited sequel to Disney’s beloved 2003 Freaky Friday opens exclusively in theaters nationwide on Aug. 8. The long-awaited follow-up, announced in July 2024, reunites the original’s stars, 2023 Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, who are reprising their roles as Tess and Anna Coleman.