“Freakier Friday” has been unveiled to members of the movie press, and first reactions are calling it a “nice feel-good movie” that’s “hilarious” as it’s “touching.”

TV host Jeff Conway took to X to share his reward. He gushed that the movie was “double the enjoyable” with “twice the center” as the unique “Freaky Friday.”

“These 22 years later, Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis haven’t missed a beat! Their on-screen chemistry is actually one thing particular,” he wrote. “A real delight that your entire household will take pleasure in.”

Selection’s senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay wrote on X that the movie was “an absolute riot,” including that she “laughed” out loud and “cried” throughout the tender household moments.

“It’s such an awesome feel-good movie,” she wrote. “Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis ship hilarity and emotion on this funtastic sequel. I by no means knew I wanted this movie! Oh and Manny Jacinto, I really like him.”

Leisure journalist Brandon Davis echoed the reward, writing on X that he was “howling” with laughter throughout Tuesday evening’s premiere screening.

“Jamie Lee Curtis is having the time of her life and it’s a blast to observe,” Davis wrote. “It’s foolish and typically complicated however hilarious all through, even touching at occasions. Completely a number of the most enjoyable I’ve had watching a film this yr.”

“Freakier Friday” takes place years after the unique. Anna now has a daughter of her personal and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As she makes an attempt to navigate the struggles of merging her two households, Anna finds herself, her mother Tess, her daughter and her stepdaughter in a four-way physique swap. What begins as pure chaos quickly helps them discover some understanding amid the difficult household transition.

Unique stars Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis return because the main mother-daughter duo. Different solid members embrace Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons, Manny Jacinto, Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan.

Whereas chatting with Selection on the Las Culturistas Tradition Awards, Curtis stated she has realized so much from Lohan since returning for the Disney sequel.

“She has taught me a lot,” Curtis stated. “She has her crew, the place her two individuals can be standing on both facet of a digital camera holding an enormous gentle. It’s Lindsay lighting — that might have been good branding — they maintain lights in order that we glance higher. So, I’ve realized so much from her already. We had fun. We love one another.”

The unique 2003 “Freaky Friday,” primarily based on Mary Rodgers’ 1972 novel, follows widowed mom Tess and her teenage daughter Anna. Throughout an deadlock of their relationship, they discover a magic fortune cookie that causes them to swap our bodies, leading to a deeper familiarity between them.