Saturday, October 02, 2004

13 Going on 30

Jennifer Garner stars in this girl version of BIG (Tom Hanks). It has the fun 80's references, clothes, music and the growing pains of choices and dealing with the repercussions of being an adult. Unlike the rest of us, who can't change the past, Jenna Brink (Garner), can, well she tries anyway. What if you made a big mistake in the past and you realize it in the future? Would you change it? Can you change it?

Garner is sort of believeable as a 13 year old girl now 30 and editor of a magazine she idolized in her youth. She becomes disallusioned with life when her best friend, Matty, at 30 is shocked to see her appear at his door. He's hesitant to talk to her but she wins him over due to nostalgia and worry that she's crazy/going through a 30 something crisis. Numerous situations created by the premise of looking 30 but being mentally 13 makes this movie interesting to watch at times, but overall too cutesy and predicatable.

It's something to rent. I saw it in the theatre when it first came out and now recently as a rental. I wouldn't recommend watching it twice, even if you're trying to copy the wardrobe and hairstyles Garner sports in the film; which I hope you're not.

Worth the money rating: $$$

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