13 Going on 30

Pros: Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo stand out
Cons: Reminiscent of Big and utterly predictable

An old saying goes, "Be careful of what you wish for - you just might get it." In "13 Going On 30," Jenna Rink makes a wish to be thirty, and to be removed from the complications of being a teenager in 1987. With a gift of wishing dust from the boy ...

Pros: Andy Serkis is brilliant, the film has its moments...
Cons: ... but not enough of them... Garner's performance is pretty nondescript

13 Going On 30 revolve around a simple concept – a 13 year-old girl makes a wish to be “thirty, flirty, and thriving” as portrayed by her favourite magazine, and that wish comes true. Without remembering the intervening years, she ...

Pros: some charming moments, interesting concept
Cons: mixed messages, lack of humor

Going on 30 is a preteen-girl flick, which like Freaky Friday, is a movie about body-time displacement and "what if..." scenarios. It would have been a decent movie except for the fact that the movie does not really seem to know what it is trying ...

Pros: Jennifer Garner, very cute story, a true family film
Cons: Lots of reminders of "Big"

Did you ever wish that you could flash-forward in your life to a specific moment, or to a specific time, because you couldn’t wait to get there, or just didn’t have the patience for time to pass by? Well that is the case with Jenna Rink who is convinced ...

Pros: The chemistry between the leads; Some memorable songs from the 1980's
Cons: Overly sentimental at times; A little too predictable

Young people often fantasize about being older. They daydream about what it would be like to be fully grown, enjoying the sweet taste of adulthood and all the freedoms it has to offer. They imagine a world where they can come and go as they please, eat ...

Pros: Great acting jobs by Garner and Ruffalo, nose jobs, Thriller, parent-child bonding.
Cons: Unnecessary subplots and a moral conundrum.

You can call it roleplaying, you can call it switcheroo, you can call it the memory complex, but whatever it is, it's huge. It is becoming its own genre. Basically, these films all have one thing in common. At least one character ends up having to ...

Pros: Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner
Cons: It ended. I was sad (but happy).

I have been SO looking forward to this movie and was thrilled when my local theater offered a sneak peak this past Saturday. 13 Going On 30 is a story for chicks (mostly). If you've seen the trailers and it makes you think of the movie, ...

Pros: great acting all around, especially by Garner; Matt's exceptional sweetness
Cons: some cliched elements

I have been renting a lot of very good movies lately. Am I just in a really good mood, such that even < b>From Justin to Kelly would look amazing to me were I watching it for the first time? Have I developed an ...

Pros: Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, funny
Cons: A bit rushed and predictable

When I saw the previews for the new Jennifer Garner flick 13 Going on 30, I knew I had to see it. I mean, any movie that features the “Thriller” dance and a striptease to “Ice Ice Baby” just has to be fantastic. I had some ...

Pros: The magazine boss guy was funny.
Cons: Silly story. Bad acting. Sappy ending.

The next time I get an urge to get in touch with my inner middle schooler, I am just going to the mall and eat pizza with a fork and pretend I am back in braces. Certainly, 13 Going on 30 was more painful than having a zit on the end of my nose right ...

Pros: It's all about Jennifer Garner!
Cons: The film's message is either conflicted, or just strange. The script is bland and awful.

In my free time, such as it is, I'm slowly working my way through the single season of the short-lived NBC comedy Freaks and Geeks. It's arduous going because, as much as I love the show, I frequently have to take long pauses to step away from the ...

Pros: cast, 1980s scenes, feel-good movie
Cons: tries to do too much at once, slow pacing

I saw 13 Going On 30 at a sneak preview event a week before it opened. To be honest, I had been looking forward to seeing Mean Girls a little more than this movie but since I also love sneak previews, I called up my good friend, purchased tickets on ...

Pros: Jennifer Garner!
Cons: predictable

There is something very infectious about Jennifer Gardner (Dare Devil – 2003, Stealing Time - 2003, Catch Me if You Can – 2002, Deconstructing Harry – 1997, and ABC’s Alias). Something that draws the eye(s), something that draws you to her, ...

Pros: wonderful chemistry, life lesson, great soundtrack, satisfying ending, great supporting cast
Cons: some hard to swallow scenes, lots of (somewhat believable)fluff and magic

13 Going on 30 is basically Big for girls. The difference here is that Jenna Rink (Jennifer Garner) magically fast forwards into the future rather than wakes up with a 30-year-old body in her parents’ house. Jenna is trying ...

Pros: First three-fifths; Ruffalo.
Cons: Last two-fifths; Garner (sort of).

Sometimes it feels completely and utterly impossible to decide whether or not to recommend a three-star item. My best memory of this was with the Static-X album Ma chine. I'm not a terribly big fan of heavy metal, but I ...