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13 Going on 30 (2004)

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Reviews Counted:157

Fresh:101

Rotten:56

Average Rating:6.1/10

Consensus: The plot's nothing new, but Garner shows a lovable flair for romantic comedies.

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $56,044,241

Synopsis: It is 1987 and Jenna is a 13-year-old girl on the brink of womanhood. The problem is that adulthood is just not arriving fast enough. She's suffocated by her dorky parents, ignored by the hip kids... It is 1987 and Jenna is a 13-year-old girl on the brink of womanhood. The problem is that adulthood is just not arriving fast enough. She's suffocated by her dorky parents, ignored by the hip kids in school and the cute guy she has a crush on barely knows her name. No longer content to spend time only with her best friend and neighbor, Matt Flamhaff, Jenna invites the cool kids to her 13th birthday party. But the party is a disaster. Jenna is humiliated when she's locked in the closet for a game of “Seven Minutes in Heaven” and everyone deserts her. Alone in the closet, Jenna makes an earnest wish. If only she could be all grown up, she'd have the life she's always wanted. Miraculously, her wish comes true. The next day, when Jenna emerges from the closet, it's 2004 and she's 30 years old. What's more, she is a gorgeous successful woman (Jennifer Garner) with a great job and a fabulous Fifth Avenue apartment. She is finally cool and popular. The only hitch? She has absolutely no idea how she got there. Initially frightened but gradually enchanted by her new life, Jenna soon realizes there's something missing — Matt. When she looks him up, she is horrified to discover that she and Matt (Mark Ruffalo) are no longer in contact and he is engaged to be married. Jenna learns that having it all is not enough and decides to take a second chance at first love. Now her biggest wish is that it's not too late. Revolution Studios Presents A Roth/Arnold Production, A Gina Matthews Production 13 Going on 30, a Columbia Pictures release starring Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer, Andy Serkis and Kathy Baker. The film is directed by Gary Winick from a screenplay by Cathy Yuspa & Josh Goldsmith and Niels Mueller, and a story by Yuspa & Goldsmith. The producers are Gina Matthews, Susan Arnold and Donna Arkoff Roth. The executive producers are Todd Garner and Dan Kolsrud. The director of photography is Don Burgess, ASC. The costume designer is Susie DeSanto. The production designer is Garreth Stover. The film editor is Susan Littenberg. The music is by Theodore Shapiro. The music supervision is by John Houlihan. 13 Going on 30 has been rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for Some Sexual Content and Brief Drug References. -- © Columbia Pictures [More]

Starring: Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer, Andy Serkis

Starring: Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer, Andy Serkis, Kathy Baker

Director: Gary Winick

Director: Gary Winick
Screenwriter: Cathy Yuspa, Josh Goldsmith, Niels Mueller
Producer: Gina Matthews, Susan Arnold, Donna Arkoff Roth
Composer: Theodore Shapiro
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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04/02/05
Garth Franklin
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Jennifer Garner breaks character by forgetting that she's playing an awkward 13-year-old girl in a 30-year-old woman's body in this girly comedy

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05/07/09
Cole Smithey
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04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Naive as its young heroine, but also as good-natured. [Blu-ray]

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02/22/09
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

The sheer predictability of the plot means it doesn't really stand up to the scrutiny of anyone older than 15.

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06/15/08
Amber Wilkinson
Amber Wilkinson
Eye for Film

A radiant woman looking like she's having the time of her life makes up for a lot of inconsistencies.

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07/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
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A rehash of familiar material, but the engaging Garner is charismatic enough to make it magical.

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05/02/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
Princeton Town Topics

While [it's] the Keystone Light of Vice Versa movies, it also annoyingly adds itself to the ever-growing list of movies that think being kitschy about the 1980s is funny.

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09/29/06
Eric Melin
Eric Melin
Lawrence.com

Alias superspy Jennifer Garner makes the most of her first starring role and discovers that love -- and navigating adult life -- really is a battlefield.

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08/31/06
Betsy Bozdech
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12/06/05
Steven Snyder
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12/06/05
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Hypocritically smears the very mascara it wears.

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05/03/05
Nick Schager
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03/05/05
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
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'Garner es simple y sencillamente adorable, mostrando que puede llegar a convertirse en una verdadera súper estrella'

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01/24/05
Jorge Avila Andrade
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10/07/04
Tony Medley
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Sickeningly cute, surprisingly energetic and alarmingly clever.

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09/16/04
Mark Collette
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09/06/04
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No es extraño que las niñas suelan colocarse rellenos para simular una mejor figura... o parecerse a Jennifer Garner.

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08/10/04
Luis Martinez
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