Cinema: Jamie Lee Curtis reunites with Lindsay Lohan in "Freaky Friday 2"

As an adult, Anna (Lindsay Lohan) is an active woman in the music world and mother of 15-year-old Harper (Julia Butters). She finds true love in the arms of the charming Eric (Manny Jacinto), a single father whose daughter, Lily (Sophia Hammons), is the same age as Harper.

As their wedding approaches, tensions mount between the two teenagers, despite the presence of Anna's mother, Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis). Then a mysterious spell strikes the four women...

“Heart, humor and a touch of magic”

One of the current trends in Hollywood is producing sequels to films released more than 20 years ago. This is evidenced by the recent release of I Know What You Did Last Summer and, next Wednesday, Karate Kid: Legends .

This week, the mission to strike a nostalgic chord falls to Freaky Friday : Feeling Like My Mother Again. "In 2003, the first installment was a huge success... I didn't expect it! It touches on a universal theme: putting yourself in someone else's shoes to understand their life. It transcends cultures and socio-economic barriers, with heart, family, humor, and a touch of magic. This explains why it has been so successful over the years, and why audiences want a sequel. The opportunity came from Anna's character: the fact that she is the mother of a 15-year-old daughter allowed for a new generational confrontation," explains Jamie Lee Curtis.

The main thing was to avoid a repetitive effect, by relying on an original story in which the two stars would not be upstaged by the young actresses with whom their bodies are swapped.

Yes, because this installment revolves around two inversions! However, Lindsay Lohan finds herself this time in the shoes of her daughter. Jamie Lee Curtis, for her part, is switched with Anna's future daughter-in-law.

It makes no sense, but consistency is not Nisha Ganatra's priority, whose goal is to present two duos who will either try to fix things or make them worse by derailing the marriage.

More than the gently comical, often lazy situations, we remember the rare moments where the director explores generational gaps and their way of seeing the world.

A message that comes across through Jamie Lee Curtis' performance, who plays with her image by playing a teenager disgusted at having suddenly become sixty.

"My contribution was in the physical details, like the lips. At 66, I have thin lips, and aging changes your perception of yourself. I pushed the team to play on these aspects, without vanity, to make this teenager in my body fun, in keeping with her age and her reality," confides the main person concerned.

BY NISHA GANATRA (USA), with Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Loah, Julia Butters. Comedy. 1h51. Our rating: 2/5