Freakier Friday (2*): A Brilliant Opportunity To Re-Vitalise Disney Family movies…. Missed.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of Freakier Friday. The Disney remake fails to capture the fun of the original and disappoints. 2/5.
Lindsay Lohan
One Mann’s Movies: Films of the Year 2024
#onemannsmovies My personal choice of Top 20 Movies of 2023.
Irish Wish (12): Bejesus. Irish Buses are accomodating, so they are.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Irish Wish” (2024). I mean… I could have predicted that “Irish Wish” was going to be a “MISS” with me, almost before it started. A rom-com with Lindsay Lohan; a magical wish-giving Saint Brigid; an American in rural Ireland; directed by the person responsible for Lohan’s “Falling For Christmas”. … Read more
Mean Girls (12A): Noisy Remake Strikes of Trying Too Hard to be Fetch.
A One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Mean Girls” (2024). Mark Water’s “Mean Girls” is 20 years old and was a classic of its time. That starred Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams in the roles of Cady Heron and Regina George. It became a firm teen favourite that a generation (my daughters included) fondly look … Read more
Family Switch (PG): Bland Freaky Christmas Mash-up Feels Pointless.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Family Switch” (2023). Sigh…. While Disney’s “Freaky Friday” (with Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster) in 1976 was fresh and original, this is a genre that has really been done to death. “Family Switch” has some moments of good humour, but overall feels like a lazy retelling of the same … Read more