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13 Going On 30 (Special Edition)
Director: Gary Winick
Actors: Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer, Andy Serkis, and Kathy Baker
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Retail Price (not our price): $14.94
Release Date: 2004-08-03
Theatrical Release Date: 2004-04-23
Studio: Sony Pictures
Run Time: 98 minutes
Format: Array
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Discs: 1


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Product Description
Jennifer Garner (Daredevil TV's "Alias") and Mark Ruffalo (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) star in this hilarious flash-forward romance about a pre-teen girl who goes from geek to glamorous. With the help of some magic wishing dust 13 year-old Jenna Rink (Garner) becomes 30 and gorgeous overnight with everything she ever wanted except for her best friend Matt (Ruffalo). Now this grown woman must create some magic of her own to help the little girl inside find the true love she left behind.System Requirements:Running Time: 97 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 043396014213 Manufacturer No: 01421

2) Amazon.com
Jennifer Garner glows like a rising star in 13 Going on 30, a girly version of the Tom Hanks classic Big. Jenna (Garner, Alias, Daredevil), a frustrated teenage girl, just wants to skip past all those annoying adolescent years and arrive at a glamorous adulthood--and thanks to some inexplicable wishing dust, she does. But once she reorients herself to a life as a high-end magazine editor with a sports-star boyfriend, she discovers that in the 17 years she skipped she became a not-so-nice person, including casting aside her best friend Matt (played as an adult by Mark Ruffalo, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). There's no question that Jenna will rediscover her lost innocence, but Garner rises above the lack of suspense. 13 Going on 30 floats along, buoyed by her goofy sweetness. Her lovely looks are made accessible by her unfettered silliness; it's a winning combination. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5

1) Juvenile and boring   [Rating: 1 out of 5]
If I had seen this movie when I was thirteen years old, I'm sure that I would have loved it - but as an adult, I had to force myself to stay awake. The plot is simplistic and silly, and while Jennifer Garner has loads of charm, she's not a good enough actress to be believable.

2) My Feel Good Movie   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I just discovered this movie recently, & fell instantly in love with it & Jennifer Garner. I rented it, & then bought it on Amazon the next day. I loved the 80's clothes & music for one thing, and always love a good love story. It's priceless for the 'Thriller' dance scene alone.Jennifer Garner is adorable as Jenna Rink, and her wonder at the glamorous trappings of her life as a 30 year old is beautifully portrayed. I also fell in love with Mark Ruffalo - where has he been all my life?As a bonus, NYC has never looked more beautiful.The bonus features of the making of the movie & the stars talking about how they were teenage geeks are great, as are the bloopers & extended scenes.

3) Are the other reviewers on Ecstasy?   [Rating: 1 out of 5]
So lame, so awful, I wouldn't even know where to start. But here are a few tidbits: Makes "Maid in Manhattan" almost look like high art. Might appeal to 9-14 year-olds but only 9-14 year-olds, say, circa 1982-1987 - and, of course, they would now, like this movie's heroine, be considerably older. One also wonders how the heroine could be friends with someone (the Mark Ruffalo character/T Heads fan)who's into much cooler music than the crap spewed throughout this soundtrack... except that would take us in a circle in which I'd have to then discuss the idiotic plot involving the mentally-challenged heroine's deep desire for the opposite of nerdiness. And, yes, the life-affirming, "Who cares about cool?" theme is cool. However, if you have more than one brain cell holding hands with another, and/or are, again, over 14, the message will be lost as this is one unbearable, illogical, unbelievable cloud of fluff.

4) OK WOULDNT BUY   [Rating: 2 out of 5]
EVERYONE SAID HOW GOOD THIS MOVIE WAS SO I RENTED IT. I FELL ASLEEP AN HOUR INTO IT IT WAS SO HORRIBLE. ITS YOUR TYPICAL SNOBBY GIRL VS UNPOPULAR GIRL MOVIE. ITS VERY MUCH LIKE THE MOVIE "JUST FRIENDS" BUT YOUNGER. MY SISTER WHOS 14 COULD PROBABLY RELATE VERY WELL TO THIS MOVIE BECAUSE ITS MORE FOR HER AGE GROUP. IF A TEENAGER HAS A SLEEPOVER THIS IS A GOOD MOVIE TO WATCH. ANYONE PAST THE AGE OF 15 MAY NOT LIKE THIS MOVIE. WERE JUST PAST THATS STAGE IN LIFE.

5) The female version of "Big"   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
This is a delightful movie with strong messages about what is important in life. It has some plot similarities to "Big" the Tom Hanks movie about the boy who wishes to become an adult and, through improbable means, gets his wish.Jenna Rink is a 13 year old girl who is heavily influenced by the fashion culture and she wants to be in with the in crowd girls who are great looking and have great looking boyfriends. When Jenna bargains to get these cool kids to come to a party at her house, they pull a cruel trick on her. She blames it on Matt, her un-hip but sincere guy friend and blows him off. Then she wishes to be "thirty, flirty, and successful" while magic dust that happens to be present, falls on her.Next thing Jenna remembers, she falls out of bed and is in an apartment and sees a naked man getting out of the shower and addressing her in terms of endearment. She also has about a hundred shoes and an array of makeup. Over time, Jenna figures out what happened. She has time-traveled to a later point in her life with no memory of what happened in between.Jenna becomes aware that she is at age 30 in the year 2004 (when this movie came out) the editor of one of those fashion magazines that shaped her values as a teenager. She also has an attractive boyfriend, the aforementioned naked man in her apartment. Jenna is successful in the way she defined success. What Jenna finds out about the course of her life in many instances makes her feel ashamed. She has done several unethical things in running the magazine. Also, her friendship with Matt dissolved a long time ago and worse, he is about to marry someone else.Jenna realizes that the editors at her fashion magazine don't have a clue about real friends and real fun. Jenna's magazine, Poise, as well as its competitor Sparkle are obviously based on Glamour and Cosmopolitan and in some cases the movies may be ridiculing them.The movie opens with Jenna being 13 in 1987 and includes popular culture from that era. Some of the songs featured, however, were from the early 1980's, were out of style by 1987 and had not yet achieved nostalgic value.Despite being a chick flick, this movie will make you think.