Look, nobody's winning Oscars here, but Freakier Friday does exactly what it sets out to do: deliver a family-friendly comedy that teaches empathy without being preachy. That massive gap between critic scores (60 Metacritic) and audience love (91% RT) tells you everything—this is a movie made for families, not film critics.

The body-swap formula is well-worn at this point, but it works because the core lesson—understanding someone else's struggles—never gets old. Your kids will laugh, maybe learn something about perspective-taking, and you won't have to dive for the remote when an inappropriate scene pops up.

Is it imaginative? Not particularly—it's the third film mining this exact premise. But it's solidly entertaining, genuinely wholesome, and the kind of movie that lets you relax instead of staying on high alert. Sometimes that's exactly what family movie night needs.