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Jersey Girl

PG-13

Released Mar 26, 2004

1 hr. 37 min.

Romance

Comedy

List

43%

176 Reviews

Tomatometer

48%

100,000+ Ratings

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Ollie Trinke (Ben Affleck) is young and at the top of his game as a music promoter. He is both a workaholic and a silver-tongued expert at manipulating the press. At a company Christmas party, Ollie meets Gertrude Steiney (Jennifer Lopez), a book editor for a New York publishing house. They are instantly attracted to each other, and begin a whirlwind romance that changes the course of his personal and professional life.

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Critics Consensus

A surprisingly conventional romantic comedy from Kevin Smith, Jersey Girl is warm but often overly sentimental.

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Eye C

There's something funny about this movie, this is my third time watching it, and the other two I forgot almost everything about it, but I think everytime that is a nice movie, moving and funny, with out been trashy as the View Askew is known for.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/04/24

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Marie Louise W

One of the most underrated movies ever. Probably just because it didn't land with the usual Kevin Smith lad audience but didn't reach many of the people who would really love it. I'm not someone who goes back and rewatched movies every often, but this is one of my go-tos. Huge character development, romance, fun, a musical number, great humour, superb crudeness and really sweet resolution, with sneakily hidden depth and a superb cast. Go watch it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/04/23

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StephenPaul C

LOL, the funniest 01 hour: and 37 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez (whose character dies after giving birth to a baby girl)!!!!!!!!!!!! But in real life, they are married!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/23/23

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Chris D

Very enjoyable film something different from Kevin Smiths filmography

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Ethn H

Unfairly maligned. It's not perfect, but I would say it is easily Kevin's most mature film, and has great performances. George Carlin is perfect.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

"Jersey Girl" is just a formulaic romantic comedy. However that does not mean the movie is bad. The performances are good for the most part. Being a huge fan of the late George Carlin, I think he did well in this movie as he has the other times he has worked with writer/director Kevin Smith. He gave the best performance in the movie. The performances are uniformly good. Not fantastic, but good. Raquel Castro did very well in her movie debut. With that being said, "Jersey Girl" suffers from a script that had no effort put into it and just follows the romantic comedy playbook. From the beginning it was obvious where the story would go. That is the reason why I cannot give "Jersey Girl" a higher rating. It is nothing we have not seen before in a romantic comedy.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Kevin Smith

Director

Ben Affleck

Ollie Trinke

Liv Tyler

Maya

George Carlin

Bart Trinke

Jason Biggs

Arthur Brickman

Raquel Castro

Gertie Trinke

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Nell Minow

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Formulaic script and uneven tone. Disappointing.

Rated: 2/5

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Joe Leydon

Variety

The script stoops to cheap gags that undercut Affleck's efforts to sustain a believable character.

Jun 23, 2008

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Olly Richards

Empire Magazine

The 'grown-up' Kevin Smith exhibits greater ambition, but he's not quite so much fun.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 18, 2004

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Cory Woodroof

615 Film

I don’t know *what* was going on in the world in 2004, but Jersey Girl is just delightful. The big school review and George Carlin’s last scene with Affleck…*sniffles* I’m not crying, you’re crying.

Jun 15, 2022

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

This film should have been much better than it is.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

Sep 12, 2020

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Debbie Lynn Elias

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The result, a heartfelt, sweet and funny love letter to fatherhood.

Nov 13, 2019

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Synopsis

Ollie Trinke (Ben Affleck) is young and at the top of his game as a music promoter. He is both a workaholic and a silver-tongued expert at manipulating the press. At a company Christmas party, Ollie meets Gertrude Steiney (Jennifer Lopez), a book editor for a New York publishing house. They are instantly attracted to each other, and begin a whirlwind romance that changes the course of his personal and professional life.

Director: Kevin Smith
Executive Producer: Jonathan Gordon, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein
Screenwriter: Kevin Smith
Distributor: Miramax Films
Production Co: View Askew Productions, Miramax
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Frank Dialogue|Sexual Content)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 26, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 8, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $25.3M
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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