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Freaky Friday

Annabel and her mother are not quite themselves today... In fact, they're each other!

6.1(324)19761h 35m4

School girl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel. They both think that the other has an easy life. On a normal Friday morning, both complain about each other and wish they could have the easy life of their daughter/mother for just one day and their wishes come true as a bit of magic puts Annabel in Mrs. Andrews' body and vice versa. They both have a Freaky Friday.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$25.9M
Language
English
  • based on children's book
  • body swap
  • water skiing
  • body switch
  • field hockey
  • hilarious
  • whimsical

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Gary Nelson

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereGLos Angeles, California17 Dec 1976
    • TheatricalG21 Jan 1977
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU17 Dec 1976
  • CzechiaCZ

    • TVUR26 Apr 2017
  • DenmarkDK

    • TheatricalNR15 Feb 1980
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical017 May 1979
  • HungaryHU

    • TVNR17 May 2017
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalPG9 Dec 1977
  • ItalyIT

    • TheatricalMilan18 May 1978
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG15 Jul 1977
  • NetherlandsNL

    • TheatricalAL23 Dec 1977
  • PolandPL

    • PhysicalALVHS13 Jun 2001
  • RomaniaRO

    • TVAP26 Jul 2017

Frequently asked questions

Freaky Friday was released on 17 December 1976.

Audience reviews

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  • K

    Kamurai

    7/13/2020

    5/10

    Okay watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend. It was interesting to see a young Jodie Foster... While I appreciate this popularizing (I'm still not convinced it birthed) a trope of "body swapping", it seems very uninspired: as if they said, "Wouldn't it be great if a kid and a parent swapped?" and then just stopped coming up with ideas. It was honestly very jarring on both swaps, the latter bein…

  • R

    r96sk

    8/27/2020

    9/10

    Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster are superb in <em>'Freaky Friday'</em>! Having only seen the 2003 remake, I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this 1976 original. In short, I loved it. It's funny and charming, a real shining light in Disney's live-action stuff from the 1970s. They only give you a snippet of Ellen (Harris) and Annabel (Foster) in their actual state, before switching it up, but it's more t…

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