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IQVi8S BY 691§ WADSWORTH Magic Cookies With spectacular results. FREAKY FRIDAY: Directed by Mark Waters. Written by Heather Hach and Leslie Dixon, based on the book by Mary Rodgers. Produced by Andrew Gunn. Executive pro· ducer, Mario lscovich . Cinematography, Oliver Wood. Production design, Cary White. Editor Bruce Green. Costume s, Genevieve Tyrrell . Music, Rolfe Kent. Music supervi sor, Lisa Brown. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, with Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Stephen Tobolowsky, Harold Gould, Ryan Malgarini, Rosalind Chao and Lucille Soong. Walt Disney Pictures, 2003. PG. 93 minute s. H ollywood studios worship at the temple of the young male demo- graphic and make movies for boys, young and old. Disney has a better than average reputation for allowing girls to be heroic as well as boys - witness Mu/an and Spirited Away. In that spirit, welcome to the Disney remake of its 1976 version of Mary Rodger's much loved 1972 novel about a mother and daughter who are briefly cursed ( or is it blessed?) with find- ing themselves in each other's body. The '70s era film starred Jodie Foster, while here the daughter, Anna (Lindsay Lohan), plays an updated female adoles- cent, complete with body-piercings and 'tude. Anna is a handful for her harrie1, psychotherapist mother, Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis), a widow who is marrying her fiance, Ryan (Mark Harmon) in two days. Anna's in a twit because she has a major scheduling conflict. On the night of her mother's wedding rehearsal party, Anna's raucous garage grrll band, in which she hits all the right notes as lead guitarist, has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to audition for some top music industry guys. But Mom~s not giving an inch. Anna's been in deten- tion at school, a condi- tion she failed ' to it's a no-go. At dinner in a Chinese restau- rant the night before the AMAZIIGODYSSEYSOF From the creator of Ml FREDDY VS JASON* IR) LAURA COFT: TOMB 10:35, 11:35 , 1:30, 2:20, 4:15, !i:6o , RAIDER: CRADLE OF dinner, Anna and Tess square off at each other, leaving Grandad (Harold Gould), lit- tle brother Harry (Ryan Malgarini) and the grooin~to-be sitting alone at the table. But the scene between Tess and Anna does not go unnoticed. Pei-Pei (Rosalind Chao), the owner of the restaurant, simply isn't quick enough to stop her mother (Lucille Soong) from.slipping Anna and Tess each a fortune cookie, with a special message just for them. The earth moves. When the electrons settle into familiar paths, Tess and Anna return to the table as if nothing has hap~ pened. But by the next morning, everything has changed. In the vein of Groundhog Day, Run Lola Run, All of Me and other movies where the characters have a second or third chance to get right something important they haven't figured out 'til now, Freaky Friday gives both Tess and Anna time to roam around in each other's mind, body and persona for long enough to create a lot of trouble and do a little good. Curtis and Lohan give excellent per- formances that make the movie sing. Curtis still looks to us like Tess, but Anna's per- sonality shines through when she's coun- seling clients and talking about her new book. Lohan looks like Anna, but inside she's really uptight about sex, especially where Anna's boyfriend, Jake (Chad Michael Murray), is concerned, Imagine how confused Jake is when Tess spends the afternoon sipping lattes at the coffee shop and talking music with him . The permuta- tions on this enduring, endearing plot are endless. Maybe it should be remade for each generation of mothers and daughters. I noticed quite a few family groups at the Saturday matinee, and they seemed to real- ly have a good time. I laughed out loud. Can't wait to see it with my granddaughter and her mom: We'll watch Whale Rider, too. Can't get too much of a good thing. Script by Heather Hach and Leslie Dixon gives director Mark Waters (The House of Yes) room to work on monkey business with these excellent actors in a"'variety of situa- tions. Ah, there's that word. A kissing cousin to a television situation comedy but smarter and funnier, Freaky's success hopefully doesn't mean some low-talent doofus will pick it up, stretch its comedic · potenti al to the limit, and ruin the whole idea, Overkill happens, especially on TV Catch this one in the theater. Now playing at Cinemark and Cinema World. Highly recommended . • 7:15, 7:55, 9:55, 10:35 is astonishing, utterly en be surpaMed in our lifetime!' e,re R0<.lr-igu tr:. 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JASON - R 1:50 4:15 6:40 9:00 *FREAKY FRIDAY • PG 1:40 4 :00 6:15 8 :30 SPY KIDS 3D: GAME OVER - PG 2:20 4 :25 6:30 A MIGHTY WIND (PG-13) ARABIAN KNIGHTS 12:15, 2:45, 5:00, 7:20, 9:55 8:40 AUGUST 19 ONLY! 10:00 AM ,,. STEREO SURROUND SOUND IN ALL AUDITORIUI.IS , [!,,y I l "~v• -,I( Kt-- :::,,..L '- 1----.c;::, S ".r "• SvPr STARTS FRIDAY, 8/22 : JACKIE CHAN IN "ME_DALLION" R'"'f--' !'.'.R;::-, SHO'Wll,IES A'!AILABLE AT CINEMARK.COM *OPEN RANGE - R 2:20 5:25 8:30 *UPTOWN GIRLS • PG-13 2:00 4:20 6:35 8:50 *GRIND - PG-13 12:20 2:40 4:55 7:10 9:35 *S.W.A.T. - PG-13 1:20 4:00 6:40 9:20 • AMERICAN WEDDING - R 7:30 9:40 LARA CROn TOMB RAIDER: THE ~CRADLE OF LIFE - PG-13 1:10 4:10 6:50 9:30 SEABISCUIT - PG•13 12:00 3:00 6:00 9:0 0 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - PG-13 12:10 3:10 6:10 9:10 (1235 440) 725 1005 S.W.A.T. 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