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Jersey Girl (2004)
Front Cover Actor
Movie Details
Director Kevin Smith
Language English
Audience Rating PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time 102 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
Jersey Girl stars Ben Affleck as a workaholic music executive who loses his wife (Jennifer Lopez) in childbirth and has to raise his newborn daughter with the help of his crotchety New Jersey dad (George Carlin). The movie unspools as if writer-director Kevin Smith, normally a highly self-aware filmmaker (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma), set out to put a fresh spin on every cliché he could imagine (parent forced to choose between child and career; parent rushing to attend school performance; etc.)--then forgot to put in the spin. The scenes that aren't lifeless are implausible (Liv Tyler plays the fantasy girl of every awkward boy's dreams). The only real feeling comes from the strong soundtrack. However, Raquel Castro, as the daughter, is an uncanny double for Lopez; when the light plays across Castro's cheekbones just so, you'd swear the casting director simply shrunk Lopez for convenience. --Bret Fetzer
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 494
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
786936245660
Release Date 9/7/2004
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1