Film No. 71 (2020) November 11th. 6:45 PM. Cinema 9 GRAND CINEMAS Warwick.
"Honestly, if this were a horror movie, I'd be one of the first ones to be killed".(Millie's voice-over sets the scene for what comes next).
The idea of Freaky Friday meets Friday the 13th is a good one. Suddenly a beautiful young girl is transformed into a serial killing butcher and visa versa. Director Christopher Landon of Happy Death Day is in charge. The writing needs, however, to be fresh and fun. Especially if the cast has the talent and the looks. Unfortunately Freaky is lacking the freshness it screams out for. Vince Vaughn (The Butcher) and Kathryn Newton (Millie) recite their prose competently and the visuals, highlighted by blood and violence, keep a large group of artists plying their trade with gusto. It must be a fun and ever expanding skill in our modern film industry. Okay, it's not my genre; there will be plenty of popcorn lovers to lap up the "tick the boxes" competency of Freaky. Good luck to them and the distributors, the more people flocking back to the cinemas the better. Freaky may be just the tonic! 7GUMS.
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