13 Going On 30 (Special Edition)

Starring:Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer, Andy Serkis, Kathy Baker, Phil Reeves, Samuel Ball, Marcia DeBonis, Christa B. Allen, Sean Marquette, Kiersten Warren, Joe Grifasi, Mary Pat Gleason, Susan Egan, Lynn Collins, Renee Olstead, Alexandra Kyle, Alex Black, Ashley Benson, Brittany Curran
Director: Gary Winick
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

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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

Customer Reviews:

Kinda of a girly movie, but . . ........2007-05-14

If you grew up in the 80's this movie is for you. All the memories will come rushing back when you watch this.

The love story is better than the one from Big, but otherwise this is a big rip-off of Big. But I enjoyed it and Garner is adorable as a young girl in a woman's body. Is she Tom Hanks quality, maybe not, but she does a fine job and you believe it.

Overall fair movie.

funny & sweet..........2007-05-13

i enjoyed this movie, for me, it was very sweet.

the rule of life should be like that, to be nice to the people that are nice to us.

the chance to see your life in the future so that way you can somehow make things right, would be a good thing sometimes.

life is not like that and this is why we have movies like this to make us remember some of those important principles in life.

if you are in the mood for a comedy/romance that can kind of take you back in time, well, try this movie...

A LightHearted Feel Good Movie.......2007-05-11

I just loved this movie! It was recommended by a friend of mine. I'm not usually much of a Jennifer Garner fan but this one was great. It takes you back to your own childhood and the way you perceived adulthood at the time. It will put a smile on your face!

Bravo to 13 Going on 30 Excellent........2007-04-29

In an age where girls are being bombarded by the culture we live in, that deems a girls worth solely on her looks. This film goes beyond that and is a positive message for girls to be who they are, not what the world wants them to be . but shows that being nice and respecting yourself , family and others is the right place to be. that's what i got from it anyway. Great film, But i think the artwork for 13 going on30 is fun but lacking i prefer the special edition artwork better. Jennifer Garner is just wonderful in the role of Jenna Rink and Mark Ruffalo does a good job as Matt. If you like this film you ought to check out.( Just Like Heaven) it is also Excellent. This Film is PG-13 For some profanity, some sexual content. This film is not for young children as the case implies , but you can choose for yourself, that's a parent's job. Oh this film is in HD so the colors just pop out at you it's great. it works on regular tv but in HD it comes alive.

Highly Recommended Film.

P.S. What's funny about the clothes in this film are that Kids of the 80's like myself included wore alot of that stuff acid jean, the works, my sister had those belts it makes me laugh. Micheal Jackson was a big thing so was Madonna and Prince, Journey , The Cars, OMD, Depeche Mode, Human League , Huey Lewis And the News, Midnight Oil and The list goes on.

EXCELLENT!!!.......2007-04-12

This movie was soooooooo good! it brought back so many fun memories! all the good songs the "Thriller" dance, Razzles, i still buy those!! after i watched this movie i felt young again!!! i will watch it over and over!!...

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Kinda of a girly movie, but . . .
funny & sweet...
A LightHearted Feel Good Movie
Bravo to 13 Going on 30 Excellent.
EXCELLENT!!!

13 Going on 30 (Fun & Flirty Edition)
Starring: Jennifer Garner , Mark Ruffalo , Judy Greer , Andy Serkis , and Kathy Baker
Director: Gary Winick
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
ProductGroup: DVD
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Release Date: 2006-02-07

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Description

Jennifer Garner (Daredevil, TV's "Alias") and Mark Ruffalo (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) star in this hilarious flash-forward romance about a pre-teen girl who goes from geek to glamorous. With the help of some magic wishing dust, 13 year-old Jenna Rink (Garner) becomes 30 and gorgeous overnight, with everything she ever wanted, except for her best friend Matt (Ruffalo). Now, this grown woman must create some magic of her own to help the little girl inside find the true love she left behind.

Customer Reviews:

Kinda of a girly movie, but . . ........2007-05-14

funny & sweet..........2007-05-13

A LightHearted Feel Good Movie.......2007-05-11

Bravo to 13 Going on 30 Excellent........2007-04-29

EXCELLENT!!!.......2007-04-12

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BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR...
JENNA LEARNS THAT THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME & YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CAKE & EAT IT TOO!

13 Going on 30

Manufacturer: Columbia Pictures
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Customer Reviews:

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR..........2006-06-12

This is an absolutely charming and delightful comedy with an excellent cast. Do not, however, see this film unless you are ready to suspend disbelief. After all, the premise of this film is that a distressed thirteen year old girl suddenly finds herself propelled into the future and into the body of her thirty year old self.

Jenna Rink is a typical teenager, a little gawky, a little insecure. She pals around with her uncool best friend, Matt Flamhaff, but, at the same time, is trying to make it into the cool six chicks clique at her school, a nasty little group of teenage hotties who use Jenna for what they can get from her. They agree to come to her thirteenth birthday party, if she will do a class report for their leader. She agrees.

Matt is the first guest to arrive, and he gives her a little, doll sized dream house that he has made for her, replete with magic dust. When the other guests arrive, they soon depart with the needed report in hand, after playing a very mean trick on Jenna and leaving her desolate. A set of circumstances causes the magic dust to fall upon Jenna, just as she makes a wish that finds hers transported into the future and into the body of her thirty year old self.

Jenna discovers that she now has every thing for which she had dreamed when she was thirteen. She also discovers how she has changed, and it is not a change for the better. She turns to Matt, whose friendship, she is shocked to find, has been lost somewhere along the way. Jenna then sets about putting to right what went wrong. Of course, there are any number of humorous incidents that arise out Jenna's current situation.

Jennifer Garner is sensational as a thirteen year old girl trapped in the body of a thirty year old woman. She infuses the role with just the right amount of innocence and joyous abandonment that teenagers often exude. Kittenish and coltish all at once, her charm is infectious. Mark Ruffalo is perfectly cast as the grown-up Matt. He exudes sensitivity and niceness, all rolled into one very compelling package. One cannot help but like both characters tremendously.

This is an entertaining film for those who enjoy light-hearted fantasy films. This film has been compared to the film, "Big", and while there are some similarities between the two, this film stands on its own two feet and deserves its own accolades. Deft direction by Gary Winnick and excellent performances by the entire cast make this film a comedic gem to be enjoyed by those who like a charmingly realized film.

JENNA LEARNS THAT THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME & YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CAKE & EAT IT TOO!.......2006-03-27

IN A NUTSHELL: NICE AGE APPROPRIATE FILM THAT DEALS WITH REAL ISSUES

Well done age appropriate comedy that underscores the universal frustration and impatience that teenage girls are known for. However, this movie's theme is about doing something about it, and to that end the film takes Jenna on a magical mystery time voyage which lands her right where she thinks she wants to be ---- 30 - COOOOOOL & HOT!

But is that exactly what she wanted?

THANKFULLY THERE'S MORE ---- IT'S ABOUT SELF-AWARENESS

There is a price to pay for this jump to age thirty, and as the movie progresses, Jenna becomes more aware of that and more importantly; MORE 'SELF-AWARE' IN THIS LEARNING PROCESS!

-----*- THE CAST

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
Gina Mantegna - Gina

-----*- THE FILMMAKERS

Gary Winick - Director [ also Directed the NEW -"Charlotte's Web" - 2006]
Josh Goldsmith - Screenwriter [also wrote - "What Women Want"]
Cathy Yuspa - Screenwriter [also wrote - "What Women Want"]

ABOUT THE DVD: GOOD VIDEO/AUDIO QUALITY AND WIDESCREEN TOO!

There were featurettes about the making of the film, but they were much leaner than I would have liked since this, after all, is a fantasy film for girls.

BOTTOM LINE: DEFINITELY WORTH SEEING - RESONATES STRONGLY AMONG TEENS: ESPECIALLY GIRLS

Much in the same tone as "The Wizard of Oz","13 GOING ON 30" takes the thoughts and ideas of a disgruntled young girl, and plays them out in full fantasy form, with somewhat the same outcome. "13 GOING ON 30" is definitely one of the better teen flicks out there, and it nicely melds fantasy with a girls viewpoint into a somewhat familiar though original story.

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TWO ROMANTIC COMEDIES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE...

13 Going on 30/Maid in Manhattan
Starring: Jennifer Lopez , Ralph Fiennes , Natasha Richardson , Stanley Tucci , and Tyler Posey
Director: Wayne Wang , and Gary Winick
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Release Date: 2005-03-29

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TWO ROMANTIC COMEDIES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE..........2006-08-13

13 GOING ON 30 *****

This is an absolutely charming and delightful comedy with an excellent cast. Do not, however, see this film unless you are ready to suspend disbelief. After all, the premise of this film is that a distressed thirteen year old girl suddenly finds herself propelled into the future and into the body of her thirty year old self.

Jenna Rink is a typical teenager, a little gawky, a little insecure. She pals around with her uncool best friend, Matt Flamhaff, but, at the same time, is trying to make it into the cool six chicks clique at her school, a nasty little group of teenage hotties who use Jenna for what they can get from her. They agree to come to her thirteenth birthday party, if she will do a class report for their leader. She agrees.

Matt is the first guest to arrive, and he gives her a little, doll sized dream house that he has made for her, replete with magic dust. When the other guests arrive, they soon depart with the needed report in hand, after playing a very mean trick on Jenna and leaving her desolate. A set of circumstances causes the magic dust to fall upon Jenna, just as she makes a wish that finds hers transported into the future and into the body of her thirty year old self.

Jenna discovers that she now has every thing for which she had dreamed when she was thirteen. She also discovers how she has changed, and it is not a change for the better. She turns to Matt, whose friendship, she is shocked to find, has been lost somewhere along the way. Jenna then sets about putting to right what went wrong. Of course, there are any number of humorous incidents that arise out Jenna's current situation.

Jennifer Garner is sensational as a thirteen year old girl trapped in the body of a thirty year old woman. She infuses the role with just the right amount of innocence and joyous abandonment that teenagers often exude. Kittenish and coltish all at once, her charm is infectious. Mark Ruffalo is perfectly cast as the grown-up Matt. He exudes sensitivity and niceness, all rolled into one very compelling package. One cannot help but like both characters tremendously.

This is an entertaining film for those who enjoy light-hearted fantasy films. This film has been compared to the film, "Big", and while there are some similarities between the two, this film stands on its own two feet and deserves its own accolades. Deft direction by Gary Winnick and excellent performances by the entire cast make this film a comedic gem to be enjoyed by those who like a charmingly realized film.

MAID IN MANHATTAN ***

This is a relatively pleasant, though eminently forgettable, once-upon- a-time romantic comedy. Not even its excellent supporting cast can make this tepid movie better than it should be. Ralph Fiennes, with his sometimes British, sometimes American accent, and Jennifer Lopez, with her beauty marred the minute she opens her mouth, are the would be mis-matched lovers.
Fiennes plays Chris Marshall, a wealthy, to the manor born, silver spoon, political candidate. Lopez plays Marissa Ventura, a working class woman and single parent with an adorable, precocious, ten year old son named Ty (Tyler Garcia Posey).

Marissa works as a maid in the posh hotel in which Marshall is a guest. When her son accompanies her to work one day, he runs into Chris Marshall and recognizes him. They start up a conversation and before you know it they are going to go off for a walk together, only Ty has to ask his mom. They go to the suite in which she is cleaning, only thing is that she has tried one of the haute couture outfits belonging to a wealthy businesswoman named Caroline who is staying in the suite.
Naturally, Marissa looks gorgeous in this outfit and is wearing it when Ty and Chris enter the suite. Chris is smitten, and all three go for a walk in the park. Chris does not know, and Marissa does not disclose, that she is one of the maids in the hotel. Don't ask. Don't tell.

When Chris, thinking that his dream woman's name is Caroline, forwards an invitation for lunch to her ostensible suite, the real Caroline (Natasha Richardson) responds. Let the games begin! Marissa spends quite a bit if time avoiding running into Chris in her work clothes. When she finally runs into him in the street, Chris instructs his aide to find her and invite her to a glittering soiree. She gets the invitation via the hotel butler (Bob Hoskins), along with some advice, and decides to go for the gold. With her fellow employees at the hotel acting as collective fairy godmothers, she gets the proverbial ball gown, diamonds, makeover, and emerges a princess, making a dramatic entrance at the ball, further entrancing Chris. When she runs off before the ball is over, he pursues her, and what then follows is a night to remember.

Of course, Natasha, who is also at the ball, sees Marissa and Chris together and realizes that she looks familiar. Consumed by the green eyed monster, she contacts the hotel authorities when the morning after the ball she sees Marissa, exiting the suite occupied by Chris and still wearing the diamond necklace she wore at the ball. A review of security tapes leads to her identification of Marissa and a host of other things. Chris is now faced with a choice, as is Marissa.

The film is pretty formulaic in that it is filmed as a fairy tale. Of course it has the proverbial happy ending. The film is saved by the very funny performance of Natasha Richardson and her pre-menopausal, obnoxious friend played with relish and delicious abandon by Amy Sedaris. Stanley Tucci is excellent as Jerry, Chris Marshall's campaign manager. Bob Hoskins is very good as the prim and proper hotel butler, though the film strikes a false note towards the end when he gives Marissa a final speech that is ridiculous. Tyler Garcia Posey is a totally adorable child actor who gives a very natural and engaging performance.

Ralph Fiennes gives a decent performance but has difficulty maintaining an American accent. Jennifer Lopez gives a better performance than she usually does but that is not saying a lot. It is unfortunate that to date she has been unable to replicate the level of performance that she gave in "Selena", the film that propelled her into stardom. She is, however, totally drop dead gorgeous when she is all gussied up, looking every inch the princess.

Still, if one's expectations are not too high, one should find this to be a mildly entertaining, romantic comedy. Rent it rather than buy it.

13 Going on 30 / Significant Others The Complete Series

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13 going on 5......Stars

13 Going on 30 / Significant Others The Complete Series
Starring: Jennifer Garner , Mark Ruffalo , Judy Greer , Andy Serkis , and Kathy Baker
Director: Gary Winick , George Huang , and Scott Winant
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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Customer Reviews:

13 going on 5......Stars.......2005-02-06

One day when me and and my freind where bored so we figured we'd order some pay-per view and we saw 13 going on 30 on the list so we figured we'd get it just to see how it was and towards the middle we realized it was not your average everyday movie so instead of just previewing it to see if it was worth a 2 thumbs up and it was so worth the $3.95 we payed for it and it had us laughing so hard that we nearly cried and it so exceeded all my (and I'm sure my freinds) ecpectations. If looking for some laughs and some good times of a wanna-be girl from 1987 in a 30 year old's body and she's in the year 2004. Me and my freind loved it so much that we watched it again . I Think that Jennifer Garner did such a great job of acting out a 13 year girl in a 30 year old's body.It was so enjoyable that we during the next friday we invited some freinds over and watched and they all loved it.Overall it rocked and I think if you want a highly addictive comedy then this is the movie for you. If you liked my review get up off the computer and watch 13 going on 30 if you want to.

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Kinda of a girly movie, but . . .
funny & sweet...
A LightHearted Feel Good Movie
Bravo to 13 Going on 30 Excellent.
EXCELLENT!!!

13 Going on 30 [Region 2]
Starring: Jennifer Garner , Mark Ruffalo , Judy Greer , Andy Serkis , and Kathy Baker
Director: Gary Winick
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Customer Reviews:

Kinda of a girly movie, but . . ........2007-05-14

funny & sweet..........2007-05-13

A LightHearted Feel Good Movie.......2007-05-11

Bravo to 13 Going on 30 Excellent........2007-04-29

EXCELLENT!!!.......2007-04-12

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TWO ROMANTIC COMEDIES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE..........2006-11-28

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13 Going On 30
Starring: Kathy Baker , Marcia de Bonis , Mary Pat Gleason , Joe Grifasi , and Paul Pavel
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: UMD for PSP

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Release Date: 2005-09-13

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