Freaky Friday

The Freaky Friday most people right now are familiar with is the newest version with the mom played by Jamie Lee Curtis that has a dysfunctional family. Right now, I would like to focus on the older version directed by Gary Nelson. The story was originally written by Mary Rodgers who also wrote the screenplay. It was released January 21, 1977 by Disney. It is a great family comedy about a mother and daughter switching not only roles, but bodies! In this movie, and mother and daughter find their personalities switched one Friday and our forced to live each other's lives. It is a hilarious way to show family ties and unconditional love. The newer version has a harder plot with the mother's wedding rehearsal and the daughter's concert colliding into the same day- even the same hour. The mother and daughter chose that day to reconnect and end up switching back to their own bodies. The older version was nominated for 3 Golden Globes! I saw it and fell head over heels in love with it.