The stage is set for an even wilder comedy than "Freaky Friday." Yet somehow it doesn’t quite work out that way.

For a generation of millennials and their moms, Freaky Friday was it, the ultimate. The beloved body swap comedy, which has been remade several times since 1976’s rendition starring Jodie Foster, tapped into the zeitgeist with its 2003 iteration starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis.

The returning stars of "Freaky Friday" approach this long-gestating sequel with the kind of genuine verve and joy too often missing from a franchise-crazed Hollywood.