Jersey Girl

Name: Jersey Girl
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: March 26, 2004
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 43
Cast: Ben Affleck, Raquel Castro

2004

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Miramax Films | Release Date: March 26, 2004 | R

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)

Director: Kevin Smith

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 102 min

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Roger Ebert

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. Read full review

Keith Phipps

Though Smith loses many of his past efforts' familiar trappings--Jay and Silent Bob are now confined to the production-company logo--Jersey Girl plays to Smith's strengths like no film since "Clerks." Read full review

Chris Kaltenbach

The biggest problem with Jersey Girl may not be exactly its fault; what is up there on the screen is cute and funny and heartfelt, even if it is unflinchingly formulaic. Read full review

Lawrence Toppman

Smith has called friend Ben Affleck his muse, and this picture is just as bland and superficially pleasant as its star. Read full review

Joe Leydon

A bland slab of sentimental hokum that proves even the most smart-alecky of indie auteurs can turn warm and fuzzy on occasion. Read full review

Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky

Smith used to make movies to make fun of movies like Jersey Girl; now he's just another guy working the assembly line, which won't make you a sell-out if no one buys it. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

The nadir of the movie -- or cheesy zenith -- is Ollie's sodden soliloquy, delivered in the presence of his baby, in which he laments the loss of her mother and his wife. All that's missing are the strains of Ravel's "Pavane For a Dead Princess."

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TarasE.

Jun 30, 2008

Simply great.

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Hugoema

Sep 9, 2019

Muy bella historia de la vida de un padre soltero, buenas actuaciones y un buen final.

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JanetteF.

Sep 29, 2007

A movie with a heart.

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ChadH.

Mar 28, 2004

This is a movie that I, as a Kevin Smith fan, was able to take my wife to see. We both cried at times and I did not feel the sentiment to be coerced. I wonder if some of the reviewers have spouses and children, because this movie stands to make you ask yourselves difficult, but (sadly) real This is a movie that I, as a Kevin Smith fan, was able to take my wife to see. We both cried at times and I did not feel the sentiment to be coerced. I wonder if some of the reviewers have spouses and children, because this movie stands to make you ask yourselves difficult, but (sadly) real questions about the hearts longevity outlasting that of your loved ones' bodies. Fine acting all around. Very emotional and sometimes funny, much like life.… Expand

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AlexN.

Jan 3, 2006

I would start off by saying that while I have seen a large portion of Smith's body of work, I am in no way a "fan" of any of his prior View Askew films. I find his self-referential and often scatological humor to be trite, obscene, and pointless. That said, he has skill in working I would start off by saying that while I have seen a large portion of Smith's body of work, I am in no way a "fan" of any of his prior View Askew films. I find his self-referential and often scatological humor to be trite, obscene, and pointless. That said, he has skill in working actors to give performances in tune to the environment of the work. This piece may not be similar to Smith's earlier, less family-oriented work, but it is important to remember that Spielberg made both "Amistad" AND "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial." A director has no responsibility to his earlier work, and Smith's "Jersey Girl" stands alone just fine as a dramatic piece about family, love, life, losses, and how adults cope with the world around them. This is not, as so many people claim, a family film, but rather a film about family. It is intended for adult audiences - adult in both senses of the word - people who search only for Smith's juvenile humor will be sorely disappointed with this film. This is a film for parents, for mature viewers looking for an easy watch, for people who want a film that has something to say, but also remembers its primary role as entertainment. Sure, it isn't Doctor Zhivago, but at least it isn't Mallrats. It is moving, thoughtful, entertaining, and even if it is a little too sweet, that's better than the alternative. Worth the rental for you and your girlfriend, wife, partner, etc.… Expand

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Meth-dude

Dec 13, 2017

This is Kevin Smith at his emotional best. The movie is sad, touching, entertaining, very well acted and over all, surprisingly good. Yes, it's cheesy and predictable, but it doesn't change the fact that it truly is a great movie.

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Kevin

Sep 19, 2008

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.

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