Many Disney fans want to know whether Freakier Friday, the sequel to Freaky Friday, has better reviews than its predecessor to see whether they should see it in theaters. Releasing nationwide on August 8, the film has actually had early screenings starting Tuesday, so we have plenty of critic reviews and user reviews to compare the two comedies. For clarity, we’re talking about the 2003 classic Freaky Friday, which also stars Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis and is itself a reboot of the original 1976 comedy directed by Gary Nelson.
How does Freakier Friday’s critic and user reviews compare to Freaky Friday?
In general, Freakier Friday has lower critic scores than 2003’s Freaky Friday, but it currently has better audience scores, based on reviews compiled on Metacritic, Rotten Tomatoes, and IMDB.
At the time of writing, Freakier Friday has a 73% critic rating based on 133 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes but a much higher 94% audience rating based on over 250 ratings. By comparison, Freaky Friday stands at a 88% critic rating based on 158 reviews but a much lower audience rating of 58% based on a whopping 250,000 ratings.
On Metacritic, Freakier Friday has an overall 62 Metascore rating based on 35 reviews while Freaky Friday has a higher 70 Metascore rating. There aren’t enough user ratings on the site to determine a user score for now. That said, there are enough audience scores on IMDB, where Freakier Friday has a 7.2 rating based on 903 ratings and Freaky Friday has a 6.4 rating based on 164,000 ratings.
There’s a chance that Freakier Friday has the potential of being the top movie at the domestic box office on its opening weekend above both Weapons, which is also making its debut, and The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which is experiencing a 66% decline on its third weekend. For those interested in collectibles, a Freakier Friday popcorn bucket is available for sale at Marcus Theatres.
