13 Going On 30
2004 Directed by Gary Winick
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For some, 13 feels like it was just yesterday. For Jenna, it was.
After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. Thanks to some wishing dust, Jenna's prayer has been answered. With a knockout body, a dream apartment, a fabulous wardrobe, an athlete boyfriend, a dream job, and superstar friends, this can't be a better life. Unfortunetly, Jenna realizes that this is not what she wanted. The only one that she needs is her childhood best friend, Matt, a boy that she thought destroyed her party. But when she finds him, he's a grown up, and not the same person that she knew.
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What a lovely film. I'm a sucker for these sorts of body-swap movies, and if it's not quite the equal of 17 Again, this one's still great fun.
A 13-year-old girl hides in a closet during her disastrous birthday party and, thanks to some wishing dust (I'm not sure whether this is a real thing), wakes up to find that it's 17 years later - and she's 17 years older; in fact, she's Jennifer Garner, a magazine editor and a bit of a bastard.
Sometimes the film calls to mind Diana Lynn's withering line to Ginger Rogers' child impersonator in The Major and the Minor - "You're 12, you're not six" - by overplaying the central character's naivety, and occasionally…
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The Hulk and Gollum dance to Thriller together, need I say more?
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A guilty pleasure I thought I'd hate, but actually rather loved.
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Literally every joke in this film is shown in the trailer.
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When I first watched this movie I was 13 and loving everything about it. The fashion the glitter and the craziness. Watching as an adult I realise that this film is just so rediculous that it cannot be construed as good, IT'S AMAZING. I feel like I shouldn't like it but it's just so silly and light hearted, perfect for a girls night in!
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This was one of the good rom coms, and despite it's many cliched moments, I loved this movie. I finally gave in to watching this out of my desire to see more of Mark Ruffalo on screen. It was a fun movie to watch. I particularly enjoyed the 'Thriller' scene. Good movie! Well as good as it gets for a typical romantic comedy!
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A 13 year old girl plays a game on her 13th birthday and wakes up the next day as a 30 year old woman.
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What a lovely film. I'm a sucker for these sorts of body-swap movies, and if it's not quite the equal of 17 Again, this one's still great fun.
A 13-year-old girl hides in a closet during her disastrous birthday party and, thanks to some wishing dust (I'm not sure whether this is a real thing), wakes up to find that it's 17 years later - and she's 17 years older; in fact, she's Jennifer Garner, a magazine editor and a bit of a bastard.
Sometimes the film calls to mind Diana Lynn's withering line to Ginger Rogers' child impersonator in The Major and the Minor - "You're 12, you're not six" - by overplaying the central character's naivety, and occasionally…
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It's nothing more than a romantic comedy but it works for me and it makes me smile so much. I don't even know why but I couldn't take my eyes off the tv when I saw it this afternoon, even when I watched it before.
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Like a rubbish Big.
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Nostalgia. Never ending nostalgia.
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Bad movie
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Pleasant chemistry between Garner and Ruffalo enlivens standard rom-com plotting, but whether or not you like this fantasy trifle probably depends mostly on how much you enjoy watching Jennifer Garner dance around in her pajamas to 80s pop music. As the rating indicates, I kinda liked it.
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Ruffalo and Garner made a pretty decent pairing. It's not too bad.
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Must have enjoyed this one more if I saw it when I was 14 :) As an adult, it just depresses me how things won't turn out the way we'd like to as kids :)