13 Going on 30 (2004) movie poster

13 Going on 30 (2004)

"For some, 13 feels like it was just yesterday. For Jenna, it was."
ThumbScore
👍 85%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 61%
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Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
PG-13
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.8/10 (5,477 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
65%
Metacritic
57

Cast

Jennifer Garner as Jenna Rink · 69% avg
Mark Ruffalo as Matt Flamhaff · 75% avg
Judy Greer as Lucy Wyman · 69% avg
Andy Serkis as Richard Kneeland · 73% avg
Kathy Baker as Bev Rink · 73% avg
Phil Reeves as Wayne Rink
Sam Ball as Alex Carlson · 71% avg
Marcia DeBonis as Arlene

Is 13 Going on 30 good?

Yes. 85% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 61%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#438 / 2672 · Comedy
Rank in its year
#39 / 175 · 2004

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. Thanks to some magic wishing dust, Jenna's prayer has been answered. With a knockout body, a fabulous wardrobe, an athlete boyfriend, a dream job, and superstar friends, this can't be a better life. But soon Jenna realizes that adult life isn’t as easy as she hoped for. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

13 Going on 30 is a 2004 American romantic fantasy comedy directed by Gary Winick. Jennifer Garner stars as Jenna Rink, a 13-year-old girl in 1987 who makes a birthday wish to be "thirty, flirty, and thriving" and wakes up the next morning as a 30-year-old woman in 2004, with no memory of the 17 years she skipped. Now an editor at a glamorous fashion magazine, Jenna discovers that adult life isn't the fantasy she imagined — she has become shallow and manipulative, alienated her childhood best friend Matty, played by Mark Ruffalo, and made choices her 13-year-old self would be horrified by.

Jennifer Garner's performance was the film's greatest asset — she played a grown woman with a child's perspective with such genuine, wide-eyed enthusiasm that the comedy never felt forced. The Thriller dance scene at the party, in which Jenna leads the entire room in Michael Jackson's choreography, became the film's most beloved moment. Mark Ruffalo brought gentle warmth as the boy-next-door grown into a sweet, talented photographer. 13 Going on 30 earned $96 million worldwide on a $37 million budget.

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