I couldn't have liked this movie any less if Affleck had stepped off the screen and punched me in the face.
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03/25/04
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Jersey Girl (2004)
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Reviews Counted:167
Fresh:68
Rotten:99
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: Full of cloyingly sentimental cliches.
Theatrical Release:Mar 26, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $25,197,718
Synopsis: Breaking from his signature slacker-underdog films like CLERKS, MALLRATS, and CHASING AMY, Kevin Smith delivers the feel-good family movie JERSEY GIRL. While Smith's pert one-liners and wryly... [More]
Starring: Ben Affleck, Raquel Castro, Liv Tyler, George Carlin
Director: Kevin Smith
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Reviews for Jersey Girl
It's a goopy well, duh of a family drama.
03/25/04
Top CriticIs it possible for a movie to jump the shark?
03/25/04
It's way too tame for Smith's hardcore fans -- they'll probably hate every minute of it -- and not solid enough to draw new admirers.
03/25/04
Top CriticBig, gooey (but often likable) misfire.
03/25/04
Top CriticLe passage de Kevin Smith au cinéma plus commercial et plus grand public s'avère donc un accouchement difficile.
03/25/04
A treacly mess that recalls Robin Williams in his 'I need a hug' phase.
03/25/04
Top CriticThe man who once envisioned a monster made entirely out of poop now only allows the substance to be used in a cutesy joke involving a baby’s diaper.
03/25/04
It's great to see a filmmaker you admire ... try something so completely different.
03/25/04
While sweet and stupid, it still provides for good entertainment due to its heart and wit.
03/24/04
I admire Kevin Smith for...trying to stretch (but) if this is the best he can do, please, oh please, bring back those trash-mouthed stoners Jay and Silent Bob.
03/24/04
...a warm, wonderful and touching little film.
03/24/04
Smith tones down his trademark vulgarity to bring his message to the PG-13 crowd, and slices the cherished edge off his voice in the process.
03/24/04
Smith trades in oral sex jokes and edgy writing on relationships for the high-concept and overearnest melodrama of Jersey Girl.
03/24/04
A Kevin Smith movie in all its over-written, half-baked smugness, now with a thin shellac of honey-glaze.
03/24/04
Smith's idea of 'maturity' feels a lot like a 'very special episode' of a television sitcom. Jersey Girl is competent, gummy and bland.
03/24/04
Where are Jay and Silent Bob when we really need them?
03/23/04
Has characters explain transparent motivations, to convince the gullible that the feelings here are real.
03/23/04
Maybe I would have been touched by this film if I had believed in the characters and their situations, but too much feels forced and scripted, the clear product of a writer's keyboard.
03/22/04
Top CriticYou might think you're trapped in a 'Bachelor Father' marathon...though it's hardly 'Gigli' redux, it's so mercilessly sweet and cloying that it might make you gagli.
03/22/04
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