13 Going on 30 (2004)

A girl makes a wish on her thirteenth birthday, and wakes up the next day as a thirty-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. Unfortunately, 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:

wish | 13th birthday | 30 year old | body swap | do over | 

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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

Country:

USA

Language:

English Portuguese

Release Date:

23 April 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

13 Going on 30

Filming Locations:

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

Box Office

Budget:

$37,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$21,054,283, 25 April 2004

Gross USA:

$57,231,747

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$96,455,697

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revolution Studios, Thirteen Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

DTS (DTS HD Master Audio 5.1) (5.1 Surround Sound) (5.1) Dolby Digital (Dolby Digital 5.1) (5.1 Surround Sound) (5.1) SDDS (8 channels) (5.1 Surround Sound) (5.1) D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1 (D-Cinema prints) (5.1 Surround Sound) (5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although Lucy is portrayed as a very pretty teenager, Judy Greer remarked on the Special Edition DVD that she was more "like a geek" at that age.

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Goofs

At the first Poise meeting, the camera shows Jenna writing her name on the top of her of her legal pad, a few seconds later, she writes Matt's name down for her secretary, Arlene, and you can see the writing has changed .

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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 Van Wilder: Freshman Year (2009)

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Soundtracks

Everybody Have Fun Tonight
Written by Nick Feldman, Jack Hues and Péter Wolf (as Peter Wolf)
Additional Production & Remix by Jellybean Benítez

User Reviews

Good, once you get past the beginning

Wow, to be honest: I really didn't think that I was going to enjoy this movie. The beginning was slow, and dragged on a little too much. But after that!

Garner does an excellent job portraying a confused thirteen year old in the body of a thirty year old. 13 GOING ON THIRTY is arguably one of her best.

The plot was good. Don't expect any twists or turns, though. Its consistency is one of the things that actually inspired me give it a good rating.

There really isn't much more to it! 13 GOING ON THIRTY was a great movie and I encourage you to see it if you haven't!