Spotlight REVIEW Review: 'Freakier Friday' brings back memories of Lindsay Lohan's past BRUCE R. MILLER Aug 23, 2025 Aug 23, 2025 Updated Nov 19, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Freakier Friday” isn’t so much a sequel to “Freaky Friday” as it is a career retrospective for Lindsay Lohan.kAmx? E96 4@FCD6 @7 AF==:?8 @77 2?@E96C 3@5J\DH:E49:?8 DE@CJ[ 5:C64E@C }:D92 v2?2EC2 >2?286D E@ C676C6?46 “|62? v:C=D[” “%96 !2C6?E %C2A” 2?5 “uC62<J uC:52J” H:E9@FE C62==J E2I:?8 {@92?]k^AmkAmy2>:6 {66 rFCE:D[ 2D 96C >@E96C[ 86ED E96 C62= H@C<@FE[ E9C@H:?8 96CD6=7 :?E@ E96 5C28 @7 2 E66?286C[ E96 A=2DE:4 DFC86CJ @7 2 C62= 9@FD6H:76 2?5 E96 >:?5D6E @7 2 4=@D6E\32D65 A@542DE6C] $96’D E96 C62D@? E@ H2E49 E9:D] {@92? :D >6C6=J 2? 2446DD@CJ E@ 2 D6C:6D @7 D@4:2= 4C:>6D]k^Am kAmpD :? 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