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13 Going on 30
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byGary Winick
Written byJosh Goldsmith
Cathy Yuspa
Produced bySusan Arnold
Donna Arkoff Roth
Gina Matthews
StarringJennifer Garner
Judy Greer
Mark Ruffalo
Andy Serkis
Kathy Baker
CinematographyDon Burgess
Edited bySusan Littenberg
Music byTheodore Shapiro
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • April 23, 2004 (2004-04-23)
[1]
Running time
97 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$37 million[1]
Box office$96,455,697[1]

13 Going on 30 (known as Suddenly 30 in Australia and some other countries[2]) is a 2004 American romantic comedy fantasy film written by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, and directed by Gary Winick. Starring Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer, Andy Serkis and Kathy Baker, the film was produced by Revolution Studios for Columbia Pictures and it was released on April 23, 2004. It follows a 13-year-old girl who dreams of being popular. During her birthday party, she engages in the party game Seven Minutes in Heaven. The game turns out to be a humiliating experience for her, and she refuses to come out of the closet. When she eventually does emerge, she finds herself five days shy of her 30th birthday, uncertain to how she got there.

The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with most praising Garner's performance and its nostalgic environment. It was also praised for its humorous plot and self-empowerment message. The movie was also a commercial success, earning US$22 million in its first week, and grossing over US$96 million, becoming one of the year's biggest DVD rentals and sellers. The movie's soundtrack features songs spanning the 80's to the 2000s, with a range of hits from famous recording artists such as Billy Joel, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Pat Benatar and Whitney Houston. Additionally, the soundtrack charted inside the top-fifty on the Billboard 200 chart. Jennifer Garner's acting earned her nominations from both MTV Movie Awards and Teen Choice Awards, and the movie was also re-released in DVD in 2006 with a special packaging titled "Fun and Flirty Edition", and on Blu-Ray in 2009.

Plot

On May 26, 1987, Jenna Rink (Christa B. Allen), an unpopular girl, celebrates her 13th birthday. She especially wants to join the "Six Chicks", a school clique led by Lucy "Tom-Tom" Wyman (Alexandra Kyle), who takes advantage of Jenna's desire to fit in by manipulating her into doing a school assignment. Before her birthday party, Jenna's best friend Matty Flamhaff (Sean Marquette) gives her a doll dream house that he built for her and a packet of "magic wishing dust", which he sprinkles on the house.

Tom-Tom and the rest of the six chicks show up at Jenna's party where they play a cruel practical joke on her during a game of "Seven Minutes in Heaven". Jenna, mistakenly thinking Matt was responsible, barricades herself in the closet where she put the Dream House. She cries and rocks backs and forth, bumping into the wall, wishing to be "30, flirty, and thriving". The wishing dust from the dollhouse sprinkles on her, causing her to fall asleep. The next morning, Jenna awakens as a 30-year-old woman (Jennifer Garner) living in a Fifth Avenue apartment. It is now 2004, and Jenna has no memory of the 17 years that have passed since her 13th birthday.

30-year old Jenna's best friend, Lucy (Judy Greer), drives her to her work office, where Jenna discovers that she works for Poise, her favorite fashion magazine from when she was a teenager. Missing her best friend from 1987, Jenna asks her assistant to track down Matt. To her dismay, Jenna learns she and "Matty" have been estranged since high school when Jenna fell in with the in-crowd and became best friends with Tom-Tom, who now goes by her real name Lucy. Matt (Mark Ruffalo) is now a struggling photographer who's engaged.

After Jenna overhears Lucy badmouthing her to a co-worker, she realizes that what she thought she wanted wasn't important. She has lost almost all contact with her parents and is having an affair with the husband of a colleague. Not only is she generally hated by her co-workers, she is suspected of giving her magazine's ideas to a rival publication, Sparkle. Jenna realizes that the person she has become is neither trustworthy nor likable and begins to reverse the situation by distancing herself from her new, shallow boyfriend.

She heads back to her hometown in New Jersey and hides in the same closet as 17 years before and cries. Her parents return and find her hiding, and they welcome her in for the night. The next day, she reminisces by looking through school yearbooks and other items from her school days and catches up on the 17 years she doesn't remember. Over several outings and working together on a magazine project, Jenna becomes friends with Matt again, asking his help for her project. Although Matt is engaged and Jenna has a boyfriend, they kiss.

After arranging a magazine photo shoot with Matt, then making a presentation for a revamp for Poise, Jenna gets bad news from the publisher: Poise is shutting down because the work she put into the relaunch ended up in Sparkle. Jenna learns from Lucy that she was responsible for sabotaging Poise by sending their material to Sparkle for months. When Lucy had earlier learned this, she had conned Matt into signing over the photo rights from the relaunch shoot to her. Lucy was given the position of Sparkle editor-in-chief instead of Jenna.

When Jenna remembers that Matt is getting married that day, she rushes to his house and begs him to call off the wedding. Dazed, Matt realizes he loves Jenna but cannot change the past. From his closet, he pulls the "dream house" he made 17 years before, and Jenna asks for it back. Jenna leaves in tears, crying over the dream house. Jenna hears wedding bells, implying that Matt has already married. But viewers never actually see Matt marry.

Unknown to Jenna, specks of wishing dust remain on the dream house, and she silently wishes to be 13 again. When she opens her eyes, she finds herself back in the closet of the basement at her parents' house in 1987. When Matt comes to check on her, she kisses him. She also tells Tom-Tom she can be the pot and kettle all by herself, rips apart the school project and then ruins Tom-Tom's outfit by spilling punch on her. Some time later, Jenna and Matt are shown getting married and moving into a house which resembles the dollhouse.

Cast

Production

Garner plays lead character Jenna Rink.

In October 2002, American director Gary Winick was in negotiations to direct "13 Going on 30".[3] It was also announced that Susan Arnold and Donna Arkoff Roth were producing the project with the writers' manager, Gina Matthews.[3] In May 13, 2003, it was reported that filming for the movie was underway in Los Angeles on Revolution Studios.[4] It was filmed in Los Angeles, New York City, and South Pasadena, California.[5][6] Interiors shots were filmed in Los Angeles. The crew moved to New York City where they shot exteriors for 17 days.[7] Principal photography took place from May to November 2003. Written by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, the script was "polished" by Niels Mueller (who lost an initial writing credit in a subsequent dispute arbitrated by the Writers Guild of America).[8]

American actress Jennifer Garner was cast for the movie's lead role. In order to film the picture, Garner shot it while on break from filming her TV series Alias.[9] Gwyneth Paltrow, Hilary Swank, and Renée Zellweger were all considered for the part played by Garner.[9] Judy Greer was cast to play Lucy, Garner's best friend; Kathy Baker and Phil Reeves were invited to be Garner's mother and father, respectively.[4] Later, Andy Serkis was selected to play Garner's boss; while Samuel Ball was announced as Garner's boyfriend.[10] Christa B. Allen, who portrays 13-year-old Jenna, would later "reprise" her role as a younger version of Jennifer Garner by portraying the teenaged version of Jenny Perotti in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.[11]

Music

Soundtrack

Main article: 13 Going on 30 (soundtrack)

The 13 Going on 30 soundtrack was released on April 20, 2004 from Hollywood Records.[12]

  1. The Go-Go's - "Head Over Heels"
  2. Rick Springfield - "Jessie's Girl"
  3. Talking Heads - "Burning Down the House"
  4. Belinda Carlisle - "Mad About You"
  5. Whitney Houston - "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
  6. Lillix - "What I Like About You"
  7. Vanilla Ice - "Ice Ice Baby"
  8. Madonna - "Crazy for You"
  9. Billy Joel - "Vienna"
  10. Liz Phair - "Why Can't I?"
  11. Soft Cell - "Tainted Love"
  12. Pat Benatar - "Love Is a Battlefield"
  13. Michael Jackson - "Thriller"
  14. Ashley Grer - "Sparkle"

Others used in the film

The songs "Breathe" by Michelle Branch and "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls were featured in promotional trailers, but were not in the movie or on the soundtrack.

Original score

Untitled
  1. Prologue (4:19)
  2. Jenna Dream House (1:13)
  3. Transformation (0:31)
  4. Wake Up (2:03)
  5. Naked Guy (0:36)
  6. Off to Work (0:29)
  7. Poise (0:43)
  8. Paper Throw (0:28)
  9. Can I Go? (1:05)
  10. Matt's Apt (0:46)
  11. Fluffy Pillow (0:49)
  12. Au Revoir (0:44)
  13. Good Luck With Fractions (0:35)
  14. Mean Messages (0:25)
  15. Eavesdropping (0:46)
  16. Yearbook Idea (1:14)
  17. Elevator (0:25)
  18. Swings (01:49)
  19. Assemble the Proposal (0:39)
  20. Hang in There (0:38)
  21. Angry Lucy (0:15)
  22. Presentation (2:30)
  23. Sneaking (0:59)
  24. Rain Montage (1:08)
  25. Getting Married Tomorrow (0:29)
  26. Sparkle Bus Overlay (0:39)
  27. Dream House Revisited (1:28)
  28. 30 to 13 (0:38)
  29. Crazy for You Overlay (1:09)

Release and reception

Box office and home media

The film opened on April 23, 2004, with an initial box office take of US$22 million in its first weekend, debuting at number 2, almost tied with Denzel Washington's thriller Man on Fire.[13] In its second week, it dropped to number 3, earning US$ 10 million.[14] In its third week, it fell to number 5, earning US$ 5.5 million.[15] In its fourth week, it took sixth place with an estimated $4.2 million.[16] In its fifth week, it only fell to number 7, with an estimated $2.5 million.[17] In its sixth week, the film fell to number 9, earning $1 million.[18] It ended with nearly $60 million at the domestic box office.[19] The same picture became one of the five biggest DVD rentals of the year, with over $57 million in rentals alone according to the Internet Movie Database. The film's success on DVD granted it a re-release (The Fun and Flirty Edition) in 2006 with special packaging. The picture grossed $96,455,697, going on to become one of the year's biggest DVD rentals and sellers.[19] The Blu-ray version of 13 Going on 30 was released on January 20, 2009.[20]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Boston Globe[25]
Chicago Readerpositive[28]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[21]
LA Weeklyfavorable[29]
New York Timesfavorable[27]
Roger Ebert[26]
San Francisco Chroniclefavorable[22]
USA Today[23]
Varietypositive[24]
The Village Voicefavorable[30]

The film received an approval rating of 65% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 158 reviews.[31] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a very positive review with a grade of "A-", writing "13 Going on 30 is the rare commercial comedy that leaves you entranced by what can happen only in the movies."[21] Gleiberman also praised Jennifer Garner's performance, writing: "She cuts out all traces of adult consciousness, of irony and flirtation and manipulation, reducing herself to a keen, goggle-eyed earnestness that's utterly beguiling."[21] Joe Leydon of Variety also praised her performance, writing "Garner throws herself so fully and effectively into the role that in a few key scenes, she vividly conveys Jenna's high spirits and giddy pleasure through the graceful curling of her toes."[24] Leydon praised the director Gary Winick for " bringing a fresh spin to most of the script's cliches and emphasizing nuggets of emotional truth provided by Goldsmith and Yuspa."[24] Wesley Morris of the Boston Globe wrote that "The movie is tailor-made for women who openly lust for dream houses, dream jobs, and dream hubbies."[25] He also wrote that "the best stuff involves the childhood preamble. (The young actors playing Jenna, Matt, and Lucy are terrific.) Those moments feel painfully, comically true."[25] Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, commenting, "This romantic comedy is intended as a cautionary fairy tale. The silly humor works with the movie's gentle message of self-empowerment and avoids sappiness in a tender interlude where the adult Jenna returns to her childhood home. Amusing, charming and pleasantly nostalgic, 13 Going on 30 should fall easily onto moviegoers' wish lists."[23]

Elvis Mitchell of The New York Times wrote: "The performances give the movie more flavor and life than the situation does; it often feels like prechewed Bubble Yum. The message of the plot is that a lack of sophistication is the key to success, even at a fashion magazine that attracts readers through sexy exhibitionism. The movie would have shown some daring savvy if it had played more with the role-playing aspect of fashion spreads. Instead it is content to eat its retro snack cake and have it, too."[27] Andrea Gronvall of the Chicago Reader wrote that "The formula works, thanks in large part to star Jennifer Garner, who's so radiant theaters should be stocking sunblock. Underlying the shenanigans and the pop-psychology moral—self-love is a prerequisite for true love—there's a touching wistfulness about roads not taken."[28] Jorge Morales of The Village Voice commented: "The thirtysomething in me was all, gag me with a spoon, but the kid in me was like, this movie's rad to the max."[30]

Garner was nominated for MTV movie and Teen Choice awards for her role as Jenna Rink.[32]

References

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  2. ^ Margaret Pomeranz; David. "At the Movies: Suddenly 30". ABC. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Winick big on Revolution's '13'". The Hollywood Reporter. IMDB. October 9, 2002. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  4. ^ a b ""13 Going on 30" Gets Underway". About.com. May 13, 2003. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  5. ^ Bosely, Candice (April 11, 2004). "Bunker Hill native to appear in movie '13 Going on 30'". The Herald-Mail. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  6. ^ "Filmed in South Pasadena!". August 13, 2013.
  7. ^ "13 Going on 30 Production Notes - 2004 Movie Releases". Madeinatlantis.com. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  8. ^ ""13 Going on 30 written by Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith with "polishing" by Niels Mueller"". Retrieved April 28, 2012.
  9. ^ a b "13 Going on (2004) Trivia". IMDB. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  10. ^ "Revolution's '13' is lucky number for Serkis, Ball". The Hollywood Reporter. IMDB. March 21, 2003. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  11. ^ Semigran, Aly (April 23, 2014). "10 Things You Never Knew About '13 Going on 30'". Bustle. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  12. ^ 13 Going on 30 Soundtrack, Internet Movie Database
  13. ^ "'Man,' '13' light up boxoffice". IMDB. April 26, 2004. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  14. ^ "'Mean' Has Nice Opening". IMDB. May 3, 2004. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  15. ^ "Not Quite a Monster Smash". IMDB. May 10, 2004. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  16. ^ "'Troy' wins weekend horse race". IMDB. May 16, 2004. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
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  18. ^ "'Shrek' Wins; 'Tomorrow' Makes Waves". IMDB. May 31, 2004. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  19. ^ a b "13 Going on 30 (2004) - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  20. ^ http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/13-Going-on-30-Blu-ray/2713/
  21. ^ a b c "13 Going on 30 - Movie Review". EW. 22 April 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  22. ^ LaSalle, Mick (April 23, 2004). "Getting what you wish for can be dangerous -- especially if you adore Rick Springfield". San Francisco Chronicle.
  23. ^ a b Puig, Claudia (April 22, 2004). "'13 Going on 30' not just for kids". USA Today.
  24. ^ a b c Leydon, Joe (April 10, 2004). "13 Going On 30". Variety.
  25. ^ a b c Morris, Wesley (April 23, 2004). "'13 Going on 30' has growing pains". The Boston Globe.
  26. ^ Ebert, Roger (April 23, 2004). "13 going on 30 :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews". Roger Ebert. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  27. ^ a b Mitchell, Elvis (April 23, 2004). "13 Going On 30 (2004) FILM REVIEW; Freaky Future: An Awkward Teenager Finds Herself Fast-Forwarded to Adulthood". The New York Times. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  28. ^ a b 13 Going On 30 | Chicago Reader
  29. ^ Thirteen Things I Learned Watching 13 Going on 30 - Page 1 - Film+TV - Los Angeles - LA Weekly
  30. ^ a b Film - Page 1 - Movies - New York - Village Voice
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  32. ^ Awards for 13 Going on 30 (2004). IMDb.
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