13 Going on 30 (2004)

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  • Short title: 13 Going on 30
  • NetFlix Rating: 3.6/5
  • Runtime: 98 minutes.
  • MPAA Content Rating: PG-13
  • Release Year: 2004
  • Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • Genre: Comedy, Romantic Comedies, Fantasy

Plot summary

It's 1987, and geeky Jenna just wants to be popular. After her 13th birthday party goes awry, Jenna wishes she could just be 30 instead -- only to wake up and discover that she's flash-forwarded 17 years. Now a sexy, successful magazine editor, Jenna (Jennifer Garner) finds out that being an adult isn't necessarily all it's cracked up to be. Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer and Andy Serkis co-star in this charming romantic comedy in the tradition of Big.

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Reviews

Freaky Future

Uncool adolescent girl magically becomes successful adult. Just a breezy retread of ``Big,'' but Garner gets it.

Jennifer Garner stars in Gary Winick's comedy as a youngster whose wish comes true: she wakes up one morning to find she has changed from a pre-teen to a woman. What keeps the picture going is Mr. Winick's love for actors, and his refusal to judge them by the characters they play.

Read the NYTimes review of 13 Going on 30 by Elvis Mitchell

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Amazon product info

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  • ASIN: B0002C4JI0
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
  • Audience rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggest
  • Binding: DVD
  • DVD Type: Layers ( sides)
  • DVD Region: 99
  • Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
  • Publisher: Sony Pictures
  • Release date: 2004-08-03

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Editorial review

by Amazon.com
Jennifer Garner glows like a rising star in 13 Going on 30, a girly version of the Tom Hanks classic Big. Jenna (Garner, Alias, Daredevil), a frustrated teenage girl, just wants to skip past all those annoying adolescent years and arrive at a glamorous adulthood--and thanks to some inexplicable wishing dust, she does. But once she reorients herself to a life as a high-end magazine editor with a sports-star boyfriend, she discovers that in the 17 years she skipped she became a not-so-nice person, including casting aside her best friend Matt (played as an adult by Mark Ruffalo, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). There's no question that Jenna will rediscover her lost innocence, but Garner rises above the lack of suspense. 13 Going on 30 floats along, buoyed by her goofy sweetness. Her lovely looks are made accessible by her unfettered silliness; it's a winning combination. --Bret Fetzer

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