writer—director christopher landen, who wrote four paranormal activity films and directed happy deathny other things, balances gore and scares with a witty, contemporary take on the body swap genre. the title is a nod to the freaky friday movies which centred on a mother and daughter. but the gender swap allows freaky to look at the different powers wielded by a burly white man and a pretty young woman. even if it spells it all out in ironic capital letters. i want my body back. come and get it. freaky also touches on gender identity and sexuality. though thankfully it's less like 2002's similarly themed the hot chick and more likejumanji, welcome to thejungle, when jack black was the avatar of a teenage girl. have you ever seen me dressed like that? i mean, i kinda like a lot of what he's doing with it, but the point is that you've never see me dressed like that. both vaughn and newton give it their all, with amusing support from misha osherovich as millie's gay paljosh and celeste o'connor as their woke friend nila, who josh affectionately calls �*the word police'. the result is a s