Watched the remake of Freaky Friday last night. This is not the type of movie I usually watch, obviously, but I was looking for something light and fluffy.
What a pleasant surprise! The movie was consistently funny from start to finish - both witty and slapstick. I already knew how great Jamie Lee Curtis can be, but I'd never seen Lindsay Lohan before and she was choice. Makes me wonder if Mean Girls (which re-teamed Lohan with the same director, Mark Waters) is any good.
I'd rate it as better than the Jodie Foster original. It has the requisite "Here's what we learned" moralizing and some kinda embarrassing rock band scenes, but it's a good movie anyway.
Lohan is a very average-looking girl for a Hollywood starlet. More proof that casting for talent rather than looks is a good thing.
Posted by pearce at May 17, 2005 12:31 PMYes, Mean Girls is quite amusing.
Posted by: davidr at May 17, 2005 1:24 PMDon't fret, Pearce - looks always win out over talent!
Because it appears as if Ms Lohan has, in recent times, started to indulge in skin bleaching (because those freckles may be good on a tweenie star, but not on a 'serious actress'). And breast augmentation.
Shame. She was beautiful enough as was.
Posted by: Scott A at May 18, 2005 8:44 AM19 years old and breast augmentation already? I've read that she's friends with the Hilton sisters.
The "skin bleaching" might be makeup.
Posted by: Pearce at May 18, 2005 9:49 AMShe's lost the boobs recently. Lady's got reeeeeal skinny all of a sudden.
Posted by: davidr at May 19, 2005 12:31 PM