13 Going on 30 (2004)

A 13 year old girl plays a game on her 13th birthday and wakes up the next day as a 30 year old woman.

Director:

Gary Winick

Writers:

Josh Goldsmith, Cathy Yuspa

Stars:

Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer

11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jennifer Garner	...	Jenna Rink
Mark Ruffalo	...	Matt Flamhaff
Judy Greer	...	Lucy Wyman
Andy Serkis	...	Richard Kneeland
Kathy Baker	...	Bev Rink
Phil Reeves	...	Wayne Rink
Sam Ball	...	Alex Carlson (as Samuel Ball)
Marcia DeBonis	...	Arlene
Christa B. Allen	...	Young Jenna
Sean Marquette	...	Young Matt
Kiersten Warren	...	Trish Sackett
Joe Grifasi	...	Mr. Flamhaff
Mary Pat Gleason	...	Mrs. Flamhaff
Susan Egan	...	Tracy Hansen
Lynn Collins	...	Wendy

Storyline

After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. Thanks to some wishing dust, Jenna's prayer has been answered. With a knockout body, a dream apartment, a fabulous wardrobe, an athlete boyfriend, a dream job, and superstar friends, this can't be a better life. Unfortunetly, Jenna realizes that this is not what she wanted. The only one that she needs is her childhood best friend, Matt, a boy that she thought destroyed her party. But when she finds him, he's a grown up, and not the same person that she knew.

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Plot Keywords:

birthday | party | friend | editor | 13th birthday | 

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Taglines:

A comedy for the kid in all of us.

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some sexual content and brief drug references

Details

Official Sites:

Columbia Tristar [fr] Official site [br]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Portuguese

Release Date:

23 April 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

13 snart 30

Filming Locations:

Spring Street Towers - 650 S. Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$37,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,324,715 (Germany) (10 September 2004)

Gross:

$4,382,272 (Australia) (24 September 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revolution Studios, Thirteen Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Young Matt Flamhaff listens to "Burning Down the House" by The Talking Heads at Jenna's 13th birthday party. The drummer for the Talking Heads, Chris Frantz, was also a member of his wife's group, "Tom Tom Club" at one point in his career. Tom Tom was Lucy Wyman's nickname as a 13-year-old in the movie.

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Goofs

When the Thriller song starts, the people slowly go to the dance floor. Two of the very first dancers are a guy wearing a pinkish full sleeve t-shirt and a girl with flared sleeves. A couple of shots later, the same couple are shown again as going towards the dance floor.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Boy: Move it, dorkus.

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Crazy Credits

As you near the end of the credits, the song "Love is a Battlefield" blends to include the audio of the girls singing along during their sleepover.

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Connections

Referenced in Community: Basic Human Anatomy (2013)

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Soundtracks

"Tainted Love"
Written by Ed Cobb
Performed by Soft Cell
Courtesy of Mercury Records Limited
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Charming - Funny - "Well Worth" the Ticket Price!

Just saw the sneak preview in Tampa. Excellent. 8 out of 10! ... It's up there with Reese Witherspoon's Legally Blond and Tom Hanks' BIG. It's a nostalgic romp that'll make anyone with a memory smile.

Jennifer Garner sparkles with charisma and sizzles with charm. She's got that whole `girl next door' thing going on, supercharged with a personality that just doesn't quit. There's great chemistry amongst the cast - and all of them makes this light-hearted tale work.

The plot - seemingly done to death with `Big', Peggy Sue Gets Married, 18 Again (etc) - turns out to be amazingly fresh. It's funny, light . even logical (as a fairy tale that is) with a simple message for us all. "Be nice. Do the right thing. And live to be happy."

It'll pull the audiences (aged 8 to 80), make a ton of money for the producers and keep Garner's, Ruffalo's and Winick's phone ringing for some time to come.

Curmudgeons and violence addicts will do well to sit this one out. Great date flick `and' an outstanding family film. If you're looking for a great way to invest 100 minutes of your life, see From 13 to 30..