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Jersey Girl (2004)

 -  Comedy | Drama | Romance  -  26 March 2004 (USA)
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After his career is sidelined from an unexpected tragedy and a personal blowup, a single man must take care of his precocious daughter.

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Boy #3
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Storyline

Ollie Trinkie is a publicist, who has a great girlfriend, Gertrude, whom he marries and they are expecting a baby but while he is looking forward to being a father, he doesn't lighten his workload. Gertrude gives birth but dies in the process. Ollie doesn't live up to his responsibilities as a father. Eventually the strain and pressure of losing his wife and being a father gets to him and he has breakdown, which leads to his termination. So with nothing much to do he tries to be good father to his daughter, Gertie. He also meets a young woman name Maya, who likes him but he is still not over his wife. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com

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baby | publicist | love | death | aneurysm | See more »

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Forget about who you thought you were, and just accept who you are. See more »

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Comedy | Drama | Romance

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 on appeal for language and sexual content including frank dialogue | See all certifications »

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26 March 2004 (USA)  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$167,297 (South Africa) (29 October 2004)

Gross:

$402,997 (South Africa) (12 November 2004)
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Trivia

Kevin Smith's commitment to Jersey Girl has been so demanding that he couldn't finish two Marvel comic books that he began. The first being "Daredevil: The Target", which didn't get past issue one. The second, being "Spider-Man and the Black Cat", which he promoted on an episode of the Jay Leno show but only got to issue three, leaving the readers in suspense as to the Black Cat's fate at the edge of issue three's cliffhanger ending. See more »

Goofs

When Ollie Trinke exits the Holland Tunnel circa 1995, three American flags are suspended over the tunnel entrance. These flags were not put up until after 11 September 2001. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Teacher: Everyone, please take your seats. You heard the bell. You know what it means. Last week, the assignment was to write an essay about your family. Who they...
Teacher: [class: "Are!"] And what they...
Teacher: [class: "Mean to us!"] Excellent droning.
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Crazy Credits

The opening production company title features a CGI rended Jay and Silent Bob, recurring characters from the five previous ViewAskew films. Jersey Girl was the first ViewAskew movie to use the new title. See more »

Connections

References Parents (1989) See more »

Soundtracks

"Parents Just Don't Understand"
Written by Peter Brian Harris, Will Smith (as Willard C. Smith) and Jeffrey A. Townes (as Jeffrey Townes)
Performed by Jeffrey A. Townes (as DJ Jazzy Jeff) and Will Smith (as the Fresh Prince)
Courtesy of Jive Records
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Disappointing
30 October 2004 | by (Canada) – See all my reviews

I'm a 53 year old Kevin Smith fan. I became a fan not because of his movies, (although, I do admire "Chasing Amy") but, after watching "An Evening With Kevin Smith" I found him to be a clever, bright, and funny man who also happens to be a hell of a story teller... with or without all of the profanity.

"Jersey Girl" is disappointing because it's merely another second-rate, run of the mill *light* 'romantic comedy' (light on romance and light on comedy). I expected to find some new insights (perhaps slightly twisted), presented with the charm and humour he is capable of bringing to a story. However, Mr. Smith missed the mark with this one. I suspect he'll do better next time.


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