For most 6 year olds, Freakier Friday is an easy yes. It scores 11 on the ScoutScore, in the Tame tier, from name-calling and scattered mild exclamations across a comedy with four swapped bodies and no real villain. The jokes about being a teenager in a grown-up's body go over small heads and straight into their older siblings'.
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Yes. The swap premise is the whole joke and small kids get it immediately.
Prime territory, especially for kids who have seen the original with a parent.
Easy, and the jokes about parents land at full strength.
Nothing to manage. The mother-daughter material is the draw.
| 4 year old | LIKELY FINE | Yes. |
| 5 year old | LIKELY FINE | Yes. |
| 6 year old | LIKELY FINE | Prime territory, especially for kids who have seen the original with a parent. |
| 7 year old | LIKELY FINE | Prime territory, especially for kids who have seen the original with a parent. |
| 8 year old | LIKELY FINE | Prime territory, especially for kids who have seen the original with a parent. |
| 9 year old | LIKELY FINE | Easy, and the jokes about parents land at full strength. |
| 10 year old | LIKELY FINE | Easy, and the jokes about parents land at full strength. |
| 11 year old | LIKELY FINE | Easy, and the jokes about parents land at full strength. |
| 12 year old | LIKELY FINE | Nothing to manage. |
| 13 year old | LIKELY FINE | Nothing to manage. |
| 1:24:58 | Heads up | Wedding called off - public conflict |
| 1:28:17 | Heads up | Lily grieves her late mother |
| 1:38:13 | Heads up | Deity exclamations throughout the film (climax) |
A body swap with four bodies and no real villain. A family comedy that earns the word family, and a yes at 6.
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