“Freaky Friday” invites you to take a trip down memory lane.

Ah, yes … remember those awkward adolescent moments when all you wanted was to capture the cool nonchalance of independence … yet pesky parents, as if on cue, managed to step in with curfews and rules solely enacted to ruin your life.

You can relive such moments, only this time, indulge yourself and laugh rather than stomping off in an angry huff, locking yourself in your room and pouring out the rage in your diary.

“Freaky Friday” is an enjoyable summer film with great performances by Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan. The movie boasts an entirely sentimental – yet appropriate – lesson on finding common ground whatever your age, whatever your relationship.

It is a remake of the 1976 Disney film starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster, but this version is better edited and moves swiftly along to the beat of a pop/punk rock soundtrack.

The set-up is similar as mother/daughter pair Tess and Anna Coleman tussle over the usual suspects: getting up and ready in the morning, hair, clothes, sibling issues, driving, school work and extracurricular activities. Anna is convinced her mother doesn’t understand her at all. Tess, a psychologist with multiple beepers, phones and pagers whose life is particularly hectic because she is about to remarry, can’t understand what Anna has to complain about.

During a dinner at a Chinese restaurant, a sly matriarch sees the two arguing and serves them a little lesson inside two fortune cookies. The next morning, the freakiness begins as the two have switched bodies.

I won’t spoil the fun as the two characters are inevitably forced to be the other. Curtis in particular seems to relish the role of playing the teenage Anna trapped in Tess’ body. Her expressions, body language and slang are believable as her character indulges in freedoms, such as driving and shopping sprees, that her mother wouldn’t have allowed.

Lohan proves she has some versatility in differentiating Anna and Tess. As Tess, she straightens her posture, gives her speech a crisper edge and portrays the frustration of surviving a day in high school where everything proves harder than it should be. When Anna’s friends ask her about a cute guy she was talking to, she offers up an overprotective parent answer such as “I don’t believe in any contact with the opposite sex. At all.”

While the writing may not be wholly original, Curtis and Lohan have such fun with their dual roles that it is hard not to get caught up in their contagious mischievous spirit. And you may even get a little choked up at the end when Anna and Tess exchange a teary-eyed toast – a genuine reconciliation that hits home.

Disney has reached into its vault for inspiration and while remakes don’t always capture the originality of their predecessors, “Freaky Friday” sparkles with relatable humor and playful performances. A little freakiness now and then never hurt anyone.

“Freaky Friday”Rated – PG

for mild thematic elements and some language

Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan

Director: Mark S. Waters

Length: 95 minutes

Now playing at: Astoria Gateway Cinemas

Short take: “Freaky Friday,” a tale about the lessons learned when a mother and daughter switch bodies, is an enjoyable film with playful performances by Curtis and Lohan that mothers and daughters will certainly relate to. Curtis in particular is a scene stealer as Anna, a teenager trapped in her her mother’s body.

Rating: 3 stars

Rating system:

4 stars: Absolutely the best

3 stars: Good, solid entertainment

2 stars: Wait for the video

1 star: Don’t waste your time

Movie Trivia: Which actress was originally slated to play Tess Coleman?

Movie Trivia answer: Annette Bening