13 going on 30

Release year : 2004

 

Run time : 1h 38min

 

Genre : Comedy / Romance / Fantasy

 

Cast : Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer

 

 

Jenna is a 13 year old who hates her life and wants to be popular,30 and flirty ( because her favorite magazine Poise says that's the best age in a woman's life). Her wish comes true after the popular kids in school use her for her birthday to get the school project she solved for them.

 

As she cries in the closet,the magic dust her friend,Matt, gave her as a gift along with a doll house, makes her wish come true,and she wakes up at 30 years old. She had a famous athlete boyfriend,a great job at Poise,her favorite magazine,and is still friends with the popular kid in school.

 

As she looks for her safe place,the people in her life who offered her stability,peace,calm and protection,she finds out she doesn't speak with her parents as she never answers their calls,and didn't speak to her best friend, Matt,since the closet incident.

She also finds out she's not a nice person,as she's mean to everyone,and has an affair with one of her colleagues' husband.

 

This is one of my favorite movies. Always makes me laugh,last night though,not so much as I guess I saw it through different eyes. I finally understood why my friend, when we first watched the movie,said she shouldn't have had her second chance. She made those decisions,she should have lived with them.

 

The acting was great,I really loved Jennifer Garner acting as a kid. The actress playing her as a kid,Christa B.Allen kinda looked like her to me,and fun fact,apparently Christa also played her young version in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.

 

The movie is streaming on Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, HBO, Hoopla, Apple iTunes, DIRECTV, Google Play, Microsoft Store, Netflix, Redbox, Vudu, YouTube.

 

Rating : Worth a watch !