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.
Like Hanks in Big, and Jamie Lee Curtis in Freaky Friday, Jennifer Garner is funny and endearing ...
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
26 Apr 2004
fresh:
No question: 13 Going on 30 could have aimed higher, but it hits the target at which it carefully points.
– Robert Denerstein,
Denver Rocky Mountain News,
26 Apr 2004
rotten:
Like a petulant 13-year-old, I'm still pouting over my disappointment.
– Stephanie Zacharek,
Salon.com,
24 Apr 2004
fresh:
A film whose far-fetched foundation is overshadowed by the endearing story.
– Sara Gebhardt,
Washington Post,
23 Apr 2004
fresh:
If 13 Going on 30 isn't exactly original, it's still reasonably cool, thanks to Garner's uninhibited portrayal of a nerd trapped in a Sex and the City body, and to the inspired casting of Mark Ruffalo as the grown-up Matt.