He was on a roll for years but the hits are fewer and farther between now. He's a funny comedian and a surprisingly talented dramatic actor but he's been in need of a career reboot for years. The biggest draw for this movie other than the twist on a familiar premise is Vince Vaughn playing the co-lead. Freaky doesn't always gel as the best in this genre do but there are more than enough funny jokes and violent deaths to satisfy fans of slasher movies and horror/comedies. They try to make an actual slasher movie while lampooning it at the same time. While the more meta material fades to the back, Christopher Landon and his team are trying to have their cake and eat it too. It sets up the tone for the rest of the film and moving ahead, you know what you're getting.
The introduction of the killer has some brutal kills and pretty funny bits wrapped together. With Freaky firmly being a horror/comedy does it deliver the goods on what you're looking for? We get to both almost immediately as the beginning moments of the film are also the best for me. They do just enough to propel the story and it was silly enough to avoid too many specific questions. If the movie is doing its job, you shouldn't be focusing on that and there are movies come out all the time where the explanation is "magic?" (Freaky Friday comes to mind but so does BIG). This was a free spirited decision by the screenwriting team but it didn't bog me down or ruin the movie.
Freaky is a throwback, there's a bare bones explanation and minus some exposition, you're expected to come along and not ask questions. Much like cinematic time travel, if its not thought out or properly tweaked, including that kind of plot device can be an invitation for audience nitpicking. It was both intriguing and pleasantly nostalgic to see someone trying to rework the formula in a new genre. Body swap comedies have been around for decades with varied degrees of merit and success.
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