Jersey Girl (2004) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Jersey Girl
Year
2004
Running time
102 min.
Country
United States
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
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Genre
Romance. Comedy | Romantic Comedy. Comedy-Drama. Paternity
Synopsis
Ollie Trinke (Ben Affleck) is a smooth and successful Manhattan music publicist who seems to have it all. When his perfect life is suddenly tragically upended - leaving him as a single father unqualified for the role - he snaps. Before long Ollie's big city life is a memory. Out of a job and out of luck, he reluctantly moves in with his father (George Carlin) back home to the New Jersey suburb where he was raised. It is the lowest point in his life. Just ask him. The years pass and with them Ollie's plans for his future. Stuck in an unexciting, dead-end job, he sees no way out and no way back to the life he used to love. But he adores his young daughter Gertie (Raquel Castro), and she loves their life in the 'burbs. To her, Jersey is paradise. While renting Gertie's favorite movie for the zillionth time one day, Ollie meets Maya (Liv Tyler), who challenges his priorities and perspective. He begins to realize that sometimes you have to forget about who you thought you were, accept who you are and acknowledge what makes you happy.
Awards
2004: Razzie Awards: Nominated for Worst Actor (Affleck), Supp. Actress, Cast
2009: Razzie Awards: 2 nominations
Critics' reviews
- "Liv Tyler is a very particular talent who has sometimes been misused by directors more in love with her beauty than with her appropriateness for their story. Here she is perfectly cast."
- "A warm, funny, earnest movie"
- "A lackluster melodrama with only a few inspired moments"
- "Smith stumbles setting up dramatic confrontations and strains credibility a time or two with implausible moments."
- "A bland slab of sentimental hokum that proves even the most smart-alecky of indie auteurs can turn warm and fuzzy on occasion."
- "Affleck is modest and engaging, which keeps the movie out of "Gigli" territory. But it's close"
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