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Metascore

Mixed or average reviews - based on 35 Critics What's this?

User Score

Generally favorable reviews- based on 49 Ratings

  • Starring: Ben Affleck, Raquel Castro
  • Summary: An honest, heartfelt and often amusing story about the man who wanted it all but got all that he needed. (Miramax Films)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 35
  2. Negative: 9 out of 35
  1. 88
    Liv Tyler is a very particular talent who has sometimes been misused by directors more in love with her beauty than with her appropriateness for their story. Here she is perfectly cast.
  2. Reviewed by: Don R. Lewis
    80
    Has more heart up on the screen than any film I’ve seen in recent years. I mean, we’re talking sappy, sweet, heart wrenching sentimentality.
  3. Reviewed by: Angel Cohn
    60
    Overall it's an enjoyable cruise down the Garden State Parkway, and Affleck and Castro are charming companions.
  4. It might have been a marketing nightmare, but if Lopez and Tyler had switched roles, it would have been a better movie.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 35
  2. Negative: 6 out of 35
  1. TarasE.
    10
    Simply great.
  2. JanetteF.
    10
    A movie with a heart.
  3. PetroM
    6
    I really dont understand why critics where so harsh about this movie. It s a sweet, relaxing and family type of a movie, that never even pretended to be a runner for an Oscar. Fairly enjoyed it. cheers. Expand
  4. Kevin
    4
    While "Jersey Girl" certainly doesn't break any new ground, it is heartfelt and overwhelmingly cute. In the lighter, humorous moments, the film succeeds wonderfully, but everything falls apart in the sappy scenes. Expand

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