The Six Chicks arrive with several boys and deceive Jenna into playing "seven minutes in heaven" in her closet while they leave with the completed homework. When Matty discovers what happened, a humiliated Jenna tearfully wishes to be "thirty, flirty, and thriving" as the magic wishing dust sprinkles on her.
She fails, but she gets another chance once she magically returns to being 13. Jenna Rink proceeds to live a life that lands her back at 30 (the long way round) and we end with Garner and Ruffalo getting married. In the Bad Jenna timeline, he married someone else.
Positive messages abound. Young moviegoers will see that being good is more important than being popular. That friendship and loyalty trumps power and prestige. And that the choices you make and the friends you keep go a long way toward shaping who you become.
I think we all - I think all of us - want to feel something that we've forgotten or turned our backs on because maybe we didn't realize how much we were leaving behind. We need to remember what used to be good. If we don't, we won't recognize it even if it hits us between the eyes.
Tell her to call Todd", it is the director's voice. In Australia, the title was changed to "Suddenly 30", because distributors thought audiences would misunderstand the original title.
Her house is at 137 Spruce Street in South Pasadena, California. Her office building is at 444 Madison Avenue in New York City. Halloween fans will recognize this intersection at Mission Street in South Pasadena! The pink house is located at 1965 Fletcher Avenue in South Pasadena.
13 Going on 30 (released as Suddenly 30 in some countries) is a 2004 American fantasy romantic comedy film written by Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith, directed by Gary Winick, starring Jennifer Garner, and produced by Susan Arnold and Donna Arkoff Roth.
All Jenna Rink wants to be is pretty and popular. And on her thirteenth birthday, she gets her wish. When she wakes up, Jenna is stunned to find that she's . . . a grown-up! Read the novel based on the hilarious movie starring Jennifer Garner.
It was released on April 23, 2004, grossed $97.7 million worldwide. 13 Going on 30 was shot in South Pasadena, California, and New York City, New York, USA. Poise Magazine was located at Spring Street Towers in Los Angeles.
Some sexual content and brief drug references give this movie a PG-13 rating. However, this feel-good movie would be appropriate for kids even younger. Although, little kids may not get the jokes or find it as entertaining as tweens and teens.
In 2000, Ruffalo married his Sunrise Coigney, whom he now shared three kids with: Keen, Odette, and Bella. Meanwhile, Garner married Affleck in 2005 and had kids Violet, Seraphina, and Samuel.
Mark Ruffalo stars as the adult Matty Flamhaff, Jenna's long-time friend and secret admirer who gets a second chance with her after they're all grown up. After 13 Going on 30, many of Mark Ruffalo's best roles were still in front of him and he would earn an Oscar nomination for his role as Paul in The Kids Are Alright.
"Mean Girls" centers around the characters' junior year in high school, making most of the characters around the age of 16. However, some of the cast members were as old as 26 at the time of filming.
The plot is obviously similar to the movie Big and all the critics have already bothered to point that out. While 13 Going on 30 isn't as good or engaging as Big, it's still a decent film with a nice message. The movie works a lot better than it should because of Jennifer Garner.
1 hit "Crazy For You," Soft Cell's 1982 smash "Tainted Love," Pat Benatar's 1983 chart-topper, "Love Is A Battlefield," and of course, the ultimate '80s hit, Vanilla Ice's "Ice Ice Baby." Additional highlights are provided by roots-rockers Ingram Hill ("Will I Ever Make It Home?"), Lillix (who cover "What I Like About ...
Did you know that the movie 13 Going On 30 was changed to Suddenly 30 in Australia? because apparently distributors thought Australians would misunderstand the original title. which feels like a very weird thing to assume about Australians.
