Jamie Lee Curtis is clapping back at a negative review of her new film Freakier Friday.
On Friday, Time magazine posted a section of their review of the long-awaited sequel of the 2003 film to social media, to which Curtis called “harsh.”
“No one, as far as we know, actually asked Disney for a sequel to 2003’s buoyant, surprisingly unsyrupy generation-gap comedy Freaky Friday. Ugly costumes, humiliating scenarios, and zero added value — this is a sequel with the sole purpose of cashing in on the fondness people have for the original movie and nothing more,” reads the post on Instagram. “The worst part is, Freakier Friday arrived in a pack of other sequels with genuinely fresh takes on their original source material.”
The Halloween actress reacted to the review by commenting, “SEEMS a TAD HARSH. SOME people LOVE it. Me being one.”
Freakier Friday is a follow-up to the original Freaky Friday, which sees mother Tess (Curtis) and daughter Anna (Lindsay Lohan) swap bodies, which ultimately helps strengthen their relationship. In its sequel, viewers see another body swap, but this time, it adds a multigenerational twist. Chad Michael Murray also returns in the film.
At the premiere, in July, Murray praised working with Curtis and Lohan. “I’ll ride those girls’ coattails anytime. I came in, and you never know what to expect, you’re sitting there going, ‘Oh God, let’s not screw it up,’ Murray told The Hollywood Reporter. “You’re going to make a sequel, and I hate to say it, but it’s as good, if not better — they delivered.”
Despite Time‘s take on the film, Freakier Friday is being received well by fans and many critics, as on Rotten Tomatoes, it currently holds a 94 percent audience score and 73 percent critics’ score. It also opened to more than $30 million at the box office.
Freakier Friday is directed by Nisha Ganatra and released by Disney. It’s now playing in theaters.
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