Jamie Lee Curtis calls out ‘harsh’ review of ‘Freakier Friday’



Jamie Lee Curtis is defending “Freakier Friday.”

The Oscar winner, 66, responded to Time magazine’s negative review of her and Lindsay Lohan’s body-swapping sequel.

An excerpt of the review that was posted to Instagram on Friday read, “No one, as far as we know, actually asked Disney for a sequel to 2003’s buoyant, surprisingly unsyrupy generation-gap comedy ‘Freaky Friday.’”

Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lee Curtis in “Freakier Friday.” ©Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection

The review also called out the film’s “ugly costumes” and “humiliating scenarios,” adding, “this is a sequel with the sole purpose of cashing in on the fondness people have for the original movie and nothing more.”

Curtis reacted to the review by commenting, “SEEMS a TAD HARSH. SOME people LOVE it. Me being one.”

Jamie Lee Curtis speaks during SiriusXM’s Town Hall with the cast of “Freakier Friday” on July 28. Getty Images for SiriusXM

Her comment got over 17,000 likes as hundreds of fans responded with supportive messages.

“As long as you and Lindsay were happy making it and with it, I’m guaranteed it’s iconic and a great watch,” one fan said.

“We all asked for it and we all love it,” a different fan wrote.

Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan in “Freakier Friday.” ©Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection

Someone else responded, “We can’t wait to see it! People are so rude!”

“You should make part 3 to trigger Time magazine,” another fan said.

Directed by Nisha Ganatra, “Freakier Friday came out in theaters Friday and is a follow-up to Disney’s 2003 comedy, in which mother-daughter duo Tess (Curtis) and Anna (Lohan) swap bodies.

Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis at Disney’s “Freakier Friday” press junket in Los Angeles. Miles Diggs for Disney Enterprises Inc./Shutterstock

The sequel features a four-way swap that involves Anna’s daughter (Julia Butters) and her soon-to-be-stepdaughter (Sophia Hammons).

Along with Curtis and Lohan, Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Rosalind Chao, Ryan Malgarini, Stephen Tobolowsky and Lucille Soong returned for the sequel.

On Rotten Tomatoes, “Freakier Friday” has a 73% approval score from critis and a 93% approval score from the audience.

Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in the “Freaky Friday” sequel. ©Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection

The Post’s critic Johnny Oleksinski gave the sequel 2.5 stars and called Curtis and Lohan “the main attractions” of the film.

“‘Freakier’ functions mostly as a nostalgia trip for 30-something ticket-buyers who can now legally enjoy a margarita,” Oleksinski wrote. “But while massaging millennials, the movie also has a good time slinging mud at Gen Z.”

During a recent interview with ABC 7, Curtis explained how she played a big part in getting the sequel made.

Jamie Lee Curtis attends the “Freakier Friday” premiere in Australia on August 5. Brandon Voight / BACKGRID

“I kept saying, ‘Well, you know what? We can’t make a sequel until Lindsay’s old enough to have a teenager,’” the actress said. “They went, ‘Jamie, she’s 35.’ I was like, ‘She’s not 35!’ They were like, ‘She’s 35.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, sure! She could’ve had a baby at 20! Bob Iger!’”

“So when I got home, I called Bob and we talked about it, and now we’re here,” she added.





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