Mary Rodgers Archives

Freaky Friday (1976)

Rating: ★★★½

Aug 25, 2002Mother-Daughter Bodyswap Comedy

The original version of the Disney live-action comedy with mother Barbara Harris and a young Jodie Foster as her daughter who swap bodies for one day. The performances are hilarious and this is filled with witty deadpan gags

Director: Gene Nelson

Actors: Barbara Harris, Jodie Foster, John Astin, Marc McClure

Category: Fantasy

25 August 20028 February 2026 by Roog

The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)

Rating: ★

Dec 20, 2001Pacts with the Devil/Disney Comedy

Dreary Disney live-action comedy that casts Bill Cosby as The Devil who tasks a hapless Elliott Gould with trying to find redemption by getting three innocents to sell their souls

Director: Steven Hilliard Stern

Actors: Bill Cosby, Elliott Gould, Susan Anspach

Category: Fantasy

20 December 200127 January 2026 by Roog

Freaky Friday (2003)

Rating: ★★★

Sep 30, 2003Mother-Daughter Bodyswap Comedy

Enjoyable remake of the 1970s Disney comedy about a mother and daughter who swap bodies. Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan nail the swapped roles to perfection

Director: Mark Waters

Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, …

Category: Fantasy

30 September 200323 September 2025 by Roog

Freaky Friday (2018)

Rating: ★

May 19, 2019Mother-Daughter Bodyswap Musical

The fourth film version of the Disney comedy about a mother and daughter who swap bodies for one day. This was made for the Disney Channel and comes as a grating teen musical

Director: Steve Carr

Actors: Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Heidi Blickenstaff, Jason Maybaum, Alex Desert, …

Category: Fantasy

19 May 201923 September 2025 by Roog