History YMMV / FreakyFriday2003

* JerkassHasAPoint: Mr. Bates may be an immature jerk, who takes it out on Anna- all because her mom turned him down years ago, but he may not be wrong about giving Anna an 'F' on her paper on "1984," especially since she erroneously believes it's an American novel, when it in fact an English one.

** Chad Michael Murray also starred as the love interest in ''Film/ACinderellaStory'', opposite Lindsay Lohan's rival Hilary Duff - who had really lobbied for the part of Anna in this. For bonus points, Julie Gonzalo plays the AlphaBitch and makes the main character's life hell in both films.

* TearJerker: Anna-in-Tess's speech at the rehearsal dinner, where she speaks about her father and how the loss affected them. Her voice breaks as she says "he was a really great dad".
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While Tess is meant to come across as an overwhelmed and overworked mother who's out of touch with her daughter, a lot of her actions in the first act of the film make her seem callous at best and uncaring at worst. Anna is having problems at school, so Tess punishes first before trying to find out what the problem is (and her punishment is ''taking away the door to Anna's bedroom'', declaring "privacy is a privilege") and dismisses Anna's claims that she's being bullied as teenage {{Wangst}} - when even if she didn't believe her, could at least warranted a meeting with the principal to find out more. Then there's the audition, which Tess simply says she can't go to because it's at the same time as her rehearsal dinner. The dinner is going to last for a few hours, the audition less so, and the location isn't even that far away ("half a block" according to Maddie) so it makes Tess seem [[ItsAllAboutMe even more self-centered]] to make Anna miss it. Granted, Anna didn't do a good job of explaining the situation, but Tess just rules against it anyway. It doesn't help that Anna's reckless decisions (the makeover and the talk show craziness) are seen as [[RefugeInAudacity "cool"]] by people in-universe whereas Tess' actions, such as getting back at a mean-spirited bully in defense of her daughter's honor, are met with [[InformedWrongness aghast]] at best and [[WhatTheHellHero being called out]] at worst - since everyone assumes the respective person is doing them, it suggests that Tess is able to get away with anything.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: There's a random comedy moment in the supermarket when Tess is talking to a patient of hers on the cell phone - assuring her she's a smart, strong, beautiful woman who doesn't need a man to complete her. The lady at the deli mistakenly thinks Tess is speaking to her and burst into tears, saying "thank you". It's rather random, which explains Tess's confused reaction.
** It's possible that Elizabeth, the patient named in question, is the incomprehensible woman that Anna-as-Tess has to suffer through the next day, however, making it a likely ChekhovsGag.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While Tess is meant to come across as an overwhelmed and overworked mother who's out of touch with her daughter, a lot of her actions in the first act of the film make her seem callous at best and uncaring at worst. Anna is having problems at school, so Tess punishes first before trying to find out what the problem is (and her punishment is ''taking away the door to Anna's bedroom'', declaring "privacy is a privilege") and dismisses Anna's claims that she's being bullied as teenage {{Wangst}} - when even if she didn't believe her, could at least warranted a meeting with the principal to find out more. Then there's the audition, which Tess simply says she can't go to because it's at the same time as her rehearsal dinner. The dinner is going to last for a few hours, the audition less so, and the location isn't even that far away ("half a block" according to Maddie) so it makes Tess seem [[ItsAllAboutMe even more self-centered]] to make Anna miss it. Granted, Anna didn't do a good job of explaining the situation, but Tess just rules against it anyway.
** It doesn't help that Anna's reckless decisions (the makeover and the talk show craziness) are seen as [[RefugeInAudacity "cool"]] by people in-universe whereas Tess' actions, such as getting back at a mean-spirited bully in defense of her daughter's honor, are met with [[InformedWrongness aghast]] at best and [[WhatTheHellHero being called out]] at worst.

** It doesn't help that Anna's reckless decisions (the makeover and the talk show craziness) are seen as [[RefugeInAudacity "cool"]] by people in-universe whereas Tess' actions, such as getting back at a mean-spirited bully in defense of her daughter's honor, are met with [[InformedWrongness aghast]] at best and [[WhatTheHellHero being called out]] at worst.
%%* ValuesDissonance: The scenes with Pei-Pei make quite a few AsianSpeekeeEngrish jokes at her expense. These only got a couple of mild criticisms, but would probably not fly today; Pei-Pei and her mother don't appear in the 2016 musical.

* ValuesDissonance: The scenes with Pei-Pei make quite a few AsianSpeekeeEngrish jokes at her expense. These only got a couple of mild criticisms, but would probably not fly today; Pei-Pei and her mother don't appear in the 2016 musical.

** It's possible that Elizabeth, the patient named in question, is the incomprehensible woman that Anna-as-Tess has to suffer through the next day, however, making it a likely ChekovsGag.

* FansPreferTheNewHer: Tess is repulsed by the makeover Anna gives her - "I look like Stevie Nicks!" - but to a lot of viewers, it's a vast improvement over what she was wearing beforehand. It helps in-universe that Pei-Pei and Jake take a fancy to her makeover.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: There's a random comedy moment in the supermarket when Tess is talking to a patient of hers on the cell phone - assuring her she's a smart, strong, beautiful woman who doesn't need a man to complete her. The lady at the deli mistakenly thinks Tess is speaking to her and burst into tears, saying "thank you". It's rather random, which explains Tess' confused reaction.

* FansPreferTheNewHer: Tess is repulsed by the makeover Anna gives her - "I look like Stevie Nicks!" - but to a lot of viewers it's a vast improvement over what she was wearing beforehand.

** Knowing that it's Gibbs from ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' playing Ryan, when Mark Harmon talks, you listen.

** Chad Michael Murray also starred as the love interest in ''Film/ACinderellaStory'', opposite Lindsay Lohan's rival Hilary Duff - who had really lobbied for the part of Anna in this.

** Lindsay Lohan being terrorised by an AlphaBitch is also amusing in light of her next film with Mark Waters - the famous ''Film/MeanGirls'', featuring Lindsay's character devoting the run-time to BackstabbingTheAlphaBitch.

* SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct: A lot of critics felt that Jamie Lee Curtis had been fading out of the limelight, with her most notable previous credit being ''Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater'' (which was banking on ''Halloween'' nostalgia). With this film, she went in a completely different direction to her normal roles, and impressed everyone with her over-the-top antics that proved ActuallyPrettyFunny.

* StoicWoobie: You end up feeling very sorry for Ryan throughout the whole film, considering Anna's utter indifference to him despite his attempts to connect with her. And when the switch happens, he spends the whole day suddenly having his fiance acting cold towards him. But he doesn't complain or even talk about it until his little speech towards the end.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: While Tess is meant to come across as an overwhelmed and overworked mother who's out of touch with her daughter, a lot of her actions in the first act of the film make her seem callous at best and uncaring at worst. Anna is having problems at school, so Tess punishes first before trying to find out what the problem is (and her punishment is ''taking away the door to Anna's bedroom'', declaring "privacy is a privilege") and dismisses Anna's claims that she's being bullied as teenage {{Wangst}} - when even if she didn't believe her, could at least warranted a meeting with the principal to find out more. Then there's the audition, which Tess simply says she can't go to, because it's at the same time as her rehearsal dinner. The dinner is going to last for a few hours, the audition less so, and the location isn't even that far away ("half a block" according to Maddie) so it makes Tess seem [[ItsAllAboutMe even more self-centered]] to make Anna miss it. Granted, Anna didn't do a good job of explaining the situation, but Tess just rules against it anyway.

* HarsherInHindsight: Lindsay Lohan's mother worried about other people being bad influences on her...

* AdaptationDisplacement: Viewers not old enough to remember the 1976 movie, much less the original book, probably consider this the definitive version of the story. SocietyMarchesOn contributed to this displacement, as this version allowed the mother to have a job, leading to more possibilities for jokes the original didn't get to make due to the mother in that version simply being a housewife.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Creator/LindsayLohan's mother telling her to "make good choices."

** Knowing that it's Gibbs from Series/{{NCIS}} playing Ryan, when Mark Harmon talks, you listen.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: There's a random comedy moment in the supermarket when Tess is talking to a patient of hers on the cell phone - assuring her she's a smart, strong, beautiful woman who doesn't need a man to complete her. The lady at the deli mistakenly thinks Tess is speaking to her and burst into tears, saying "thank you". It's rather random.

* ValuesDissonance: The scenes with Pei-Pei make quite a few AsianSpeakeeEngrish jokes at her expense. These only got a couple of mild criticisms, but would probably not fly today.

* HilariousInHindsight: Knowing that it's Gibbs from Series/{{NCIS}} playing Ryan, when Mark Harmon talks, you listen.
* {{Squick}}: Tess and Anna are so disgusted with the possibility that Anna will have to marry a man in his 40s, that Anna constantly [[AlmostKiss prevents Ryan from kissing her]]. They also don't take kindly to the fact the boy Anna had a crush on has started to fall in love with a grown woman.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Viewers not old enough to remember the 1976 movie, much less the original book, probably consider this the definitive version of the story.
** Scratch this one up to SocietyMarchesOn. This version allowed the mother to have a job, leading to more possibilities for jokes the original didn't get to make due to the mother in that version simply being a housewife.

** Scratch this one up to SocietyMarchesOn. This version allowed the mother to have a job, leading to more possibilities for jokes the original didn't get to make due to the mother in that version a housewife.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Creator/LindsayLohan mother telling her to "make good choices."

* HilariousInHindsight: Knowing that it's Gibbs from Series/{{NCIS}} playing Evan, when Mark Harmon talks, you listen.

* AdaptationDisplacement: If you're not old enough to remember the 1976 movie, much less the original book, you probably consider this the definitive version of the story.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: {{Lindsay Lohan}}'s mother telling her to "make good choices."
* HilariousInHindsight: Knowing that it's Gibbs from {{NCIS}} playing Evan, when Mark Harmon talks, you listen.

* HilariousinHindsight: Knowing that it's Gibbs from {{NCIS}} playing Evan, when Mark Harmon talks, you listen.