
Wish Upon a Star(1996)
A younger sister wishes to switch places with her popular older sister and the two bickering siblings awaken to find the wish has come true.


When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again before mom’s big wedding.

Heidi Blickenstaff
Katherine Blake

Cozi Zuehlsdorff
Ellie Blake

Jason Maybaum
Fletcher Blake

Ricky He
Adam

Alex Désert
Mike

Kahyun Kim
Torrey

Dara Reneé
Savannah

June Laporte
Monica

Isaiah Lehtinen
Karl

Joshua Pak
Luis
Freaky Friday is a family, fantasy, tv movie, comedy film released in 2018 exploring themes of body-swap. Directed by Steve Carr, it stars Heidi Blickenstaff, Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Jason Maybaum. When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again before mom’s big wedding.
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