13 Going on 30 (2004)
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 161
Fresh: 104 | Rotten: 57
The plot's nothing new, but Garner shows a lovable flair for romantic comedies.
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Critic Reviews: 37
Fresh: 28 | Rotten: 9
The plot's nothing new, but Garner shows a lovable flair for romantic comedies.
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Thirteen-year-old Jenna (Shana Dowdeswell) has had enough with the trials of adolescence. In addition to being saddled with a devoted-but-nerdy best friend, Matt (Sean Marquette), she falls victim to one of the dangers of playing Seven Minutes in Heaven with the coolest kids in school: being stranded without a willing make-out partner. Humiliated, Jenna buries herself in the aforementioned make-out closet, wishing she could skip the whole adolescence bit and move straight into adulthood, and
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Cast
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Jennifer Garner
Jenna Rink -
Mark Ruffalo
Matt Flamhaff -
Judy Greer
Lucy Wyman -
Andy Serkis
Richard Kneeland -
Kathy Baker
Beverly Rink -
Phil Reeves
Wayne Rink -
Samuel Ball
Alex Carlson -
Marcia de Bonis
Arlene -
Christa B. Allen
Young Jenna Rink -
Sean Marquette
Young Matt Flamhaff -
Kiersten Warren
Trish Sackett -
Mary Pat Gleason
Mrs. Flamhaff -
Joe Grifasi
Mr. Flarnhaff -
Paul Pavel
Phil -
Kevin Stea
Dancer -
Jason Yribar
Dancer -
Alexandra Kyle
Young Lucy Wyman -
Sydni Beaudoin
Sydni -
Susan Egan
Tracy Hansen -
Robinne Lee
Rachel -
Renee Olstead
Becky -
Megan Lusk
Six Chicks -
Jim Gaffigan
Chris Grandy -
Brie Larson
Six Chicks -
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Sarah Loew
Carla -
Maz Jobrani
Glenn -
Nancy O'Meara
Dancer -
Ian Barford
Pete Hanson -
Adrian Armas
Dancer -
Lynn Collins
Wendy -
Brandon Henschel
Dancer -
Scout Taylor-Compton
Tiffany -
Darrell Wright
Dancer -
Timothy Anderson
Dancer -
Benita Krista Nall
Waitress at Party -
Eron Otcasek
Band Member -
Alex Black
Young Chris Grandy -
Merris Carden
Veronica -
Carmit Bachar
Dancer -
Nadine Ellis
Dancer -
Caroline A. Rice
Dancer -
Ashley Benson
Six Chicks -
Brittany Curran
Six Chicks -
Julia Roth
Six Chicks -
Jeffrey Shane Cohn
Grandy's Friend -
George Hine
Grandy's Friend -
Justin Burke
13-Year-Old Boy in Bar -
Sara Swain
Sara -
Catherine Combs
Catherine -
Gina Mantegna
Gina -
Corena Chase
Poise Employee -
Crystal Michelle
Poise Secretary -
Madeline Sprung-Keyser
Maddy -
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Shambo Pfaff
Band Member -
John W. Grant
Band Member -
Fabrice Calmettes
Band Member -
Kevin D. White
Yearbook Photographer -
Douglas Caldwell
Dancer -
Stacey Harper
Dancer -
Michael William Higgins
Dancer -
Michon Suyama
Dancer -
Natalie Willes
Dancer -
Kimberly Wyatt
Dancer -
Rita Maye Bland
Dancer -
Keith Diorio
Dancer -
Janina N. Garraway
Dancer -
Katie Miller
Dancer -
Bubba Dean Rambo
Dancer -
Kadee Sweeney
Dancer
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All Critics (170) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (108) | Rotten (59) | DVD (33)
Like Hanks in Big, and Jamie Lee Curtis in Freaky Friday, Jennifer Garner is funny and endearing ...
Top CriticNo question: 13 Going on 30 could have aimed higher, but it hits the target at which it carefully points.
Like a petulant 13-year-old, I'm still pouting over my disappointment.
A film whose far-fetched foundation is overshadowed by the endearing story.
If 13 Going on 30 isn't exactly original, it's still reasonably cool, thanks to Garner's uninhibited portrayal of a nerd trapped in a Sex and the City body, and to the inspired casting of Mark Ruffalo as the grown-up Matt.
A lot fresher than its premise, largely because of the terrific casting.
Touching and hilarious Jennifer Garner romcom.
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
Naive as its young heroine, but also as good-natured. [Blu-ray]
The sheer predictability of the plot means it doesn't really stand up to the scrutiny of anyone older than 15.
A radiant woman looking like she's having the time of her life makes up for a lot of inconsistencies.
A rehash of familiar material, but the engaging Garner is charismatic enough to make it magical.
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.
Alias superspy Jennifer Garner makes the most of her first starring role and discovers that love -- and navigating adult life -- really is a battlefield.
Hypocritically smears the very mascara it wears.
Audience Reviews for 13 Going on 30
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Super Reviewer
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- Richard Kneeland: Jenna, my balls - Excuse my French - are in an iron vice. Corporates are twisting and squeezing like a bunch of dominatrixes on steroids, and now Lucy is presenting her own re-design without you. Could you tell me what is going on?
- Jenna Rink: What is going on is that you are going to have more choices.
- Richard Kneeland: With all due respect to Lucy, I'm far more anxious to know what you've been working on.
- Jenna Rink: Thank you.
- Richard Kneeland: I'm not trying to compliment you. I'm trying to pressure you.
- Jenna Rink: How long until your balls get totally squished?
- Richard Kneeland: Hopefully never, I'm rather attached to my balls.
- Jenna Rink: Can they hang in there til five?
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- Jenna Rink: I love you, Matt. You're my best friend.
- Matt Flamhaff: I love you too, Jenna... I've always loved you.
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- Matt Flamhaff: You can't just turn back time.
- Jenna Rink: Why not?
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- Jenna Rink: Matty.
- Matt Flamhaff: Yeah?
- Jenna Rink: Arrivederci.
- Matt Flamhaff: I'll see you.
- Jenna Rink: Matt!
- Matt Flamhaff: Yeah? [she gives him a look] Au revoir.
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- Young Matt Flamhaff: Arrivederci.
- Young Jenna Rink: Au revoir.
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- Becky: I like your dress.
- Jenna Rink: That's because I have these incredible boobs to fill it out!
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