Jersey Girl
He wanted it all...but he got more than he bargained for.
He wanted it all...but he got more than he bargained for.
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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2004
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Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having to move in with his father. To bounce back, it takes a new love and the courage instilled in him by his daughter.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
102 min
Release date:
25 Mar 2004
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$35,000,000
Revenue:
$35,492,921
Awards:
2 wins & 8 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
The script stoops to cheap gags that undercut Affleck's efforts to sustain a believable character.
– Joe Leydon,
Variety,
23 Jun 2008
rotten:
The grating sense of commercial calculation in Jersey Girl consistently undercuts Smith's fine writing.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
27 Mar 2004
fresh:
Inspired by Smith's own awe and amazement at being a father, the movie is modest and entertaining, with a minimum of sentimental goo, and it demands little of us except a good-natured willingness to go with it.
– Stephanie Zacharek,
Salon.com,
27 Mar 2004
rotten:
The filmmaker drowns his trademark edgy stew of smutty humor, stiff acting and dime-store insight into human nature with a gravy of glutinous bathos, making for a singularly unpalatable dish.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
26 Mar 2004
rotten:
This kind of weepy material works in the hands of melodrama masters like Douglas Sirk or Pedro Almodovar. But here, it's over-the-top and it's just horrible.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
26 Mar 2004