the movie is really good and some parts will make u LOL. Especially the part where the man dances in his underwear!! Funny!!!
13 Going on 30
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Common Sense says
Touching and hilarious Jennifer Garner romcom.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 12–13
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of 13 Going on 30 was written by Nell Minow
Parents need to know that there is some sexual humor. Jenna is horrified to find a naked man in her apartment (the boyfriend of her grown-up self) and grossed-out by his advances. There are sexual references ("raunchy strip tease," "57 ways to have an orgasm," "jump your bones") and the 13-year-olds play a party game that is supposed to go a lot further than Spin the Bottle. Unlike the male take on this situation in Big, the main character does not take advantage of the adult persona to have sex. Characters use brief strong language and drinking is shown as part of the fun of being a grown-up.
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What’s the Story?
A girl who suffers total humiliation at her 13th birthday party wishes she could be 30. The next morning, she's all grown up, living in a swanky Manhattan apartment with a gorgeous face and figure (played by Jennifer Garner). That part is pretty exciting. But the guy in the shower who seems to know her pretty well is pretty scary. And she can't find her parents. Jenna races out of the building and a woman who seems to know her tells her to get into a limo and is talking a mile a minute about some job she seems to have as editor of Poise magazine. Jenna will eventually realize that this is what she wished for, but she will also figure out that it was not really what she wanted. She tracks down her very best friend, Matt (Mark Ruffalo), now a photographer. When he tells her he hasn't seen her since high school, she begins to understand that in order to become what she wished for, she has lost some of the things that mattered most.
Is It Any Good?
OK, we knew all of that from not only every body-switching movie ever made but from every wishing story ever told. And yes, there are all the expected collisions between the lives of the 13 and 30-year-olds. Jenna raises her hand to be called on in a meeting and responds "Ew, gross!" to the advances of her boyfriend. And darned if she won't be the only one to come up with those save-the-day ideas for the magazine. But the script has some bright moments and there is also some nicely understated humor. The only possible environment where a 13-year-old's sense of appropriate hair and fashion might be considered acceptable for an adult is, of course, in the offices of a fashion magazine, where the more outrageous something is, the more everyone else will feel that they are the ones who are missing something for not having it themselves. Jenna writes her name at the top of the page at a meeting and keeps her office files in middle-school folders.
Ruffalo, as always, adds class and sweetness to the boyfriend role, and has impressive delicacy in providing romantic interest for someone who is, after all, emotionally just 13 years old. But what makes this one work is Garner, who is enormously touching and hilarious as the 13-year-old living in the body and life of a 30-year-old. Playing a child in an adult body gives her license to show every emotion without any pretense of sophistication. She is wonderfully open and vulnerable but she handles it lightly and with a lot of charm. And she captures it all perfectly, from her panic at not understanding what is going on to her rapture as she selects clothes and makeup for her grown-up self as though dressing a Barbie. Garner even gets the walk of a 13-year-old just right, from the shoulders, not the hips. And the look on her face as she does the dance to "Thriller" is so winning you won't just smile with her; you might just start to dance along a little.
Movie Details
Studio: Columbia Tristar, Director: Gary Winick
Run time: 98 minutes
Theatrical release: 04/23/2004, DVD release: 08/03/2004
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual content and brief drug references
Run time: 98 minutes
Theatrical release: 04/23/2004, DVD release: 08/03/2004
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual content and brief drug references
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I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
good movie! FUNNY!
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I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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Cute, fun movie. A must-see chick-flick. One part you have to see is when Jenna's boyfriend dances in only his underwear. That cracked me up. Even my 6-year-old cousins love this movie!
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I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Negative role models
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do not show to kids who are sensitive to innapropriate things
I thought that this movie was very enjoyable ,but had parts that would be disturbing to children 12 and under. Examples: a young girl says that her brother can get her and her 13 year old friends beer, Jenna's boyfriend says that they can play "games" but he endds up dancing around in his whitey tidys, and garner kisses two men who are married (well, one has a fiance). i find this movie to be Quite disturbing to children 12 and younger.
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I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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Awesome romantic comedy!
This movie was very touching, and it made me tear up. There are sexual references (when they were playing a spin the bottle game & when Garner was going to play "games" with her boyfriend. There is also social drinking, but that is pretty much it.
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I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Off 9- Iffy 10-12 On 13+
I just saw it at a 13th Birthday sleepover! It was sort of funny, but slightly inappropriate.
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I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
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- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Off 9- Iffy 10-12 On 13+
I just saw it at a 13th Birthday sleepover! It was sort of funny, but slightly inappropriate.
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I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Liked It
This is a very cute movie for teens! Some bad language and drinking is shown, and there are some sexual references. But they don't take away from the movie at all. Jennifer Garner does a very good job :)
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I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
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- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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This Movie Should Not Be PG-13!
I love this movie... its should not be PG-13... i
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I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
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- Inappropriate language
Good apporprite and funny!
This is a great fun movie! It is not bad in any way at all but u will see why they rated it PG-13 plz watch it and parents dont be affarid of leting them watch this movie its really good and apporprite! There is a little bit of language but other than that it is fine and that is the least thing parents worry about! Its not THAT bad anyhow!
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I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
LOVE IT
This is an awesome movie and made me laugh and cry , it will the the best movie for any chick flick movie night!
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I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
AWSOME
This Movie is really good!!
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I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
Very cute!
A veryy cute movie!! definetly a chick flick but i think some guys would enjoy it too. the man dancing in his underwear may freak some children out though... haha (it freaked me out when i was 13!)
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
This movie is sooo funney but not for children under10
this movie is great for kids 10 and older! Their is a part that refers to sex about playing games and the friend says he wants to paly some games so please becarfull about that remember that (GOD) is listning!
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
This movie is sooo funney but not for children under10
this movie is great for kids 10 and older! Their is a part that refers to sex about playing games and the friend says he wants to paly some games so please becarfull about that remember that (GOD) is listning!
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I rate this title pause for age 11 and give it
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I rate this title pause for age 0 and give it
Watch what you wish for.
This movie has good educational value for older teens. The main character very quickly realizes that she needs to be careful what she wishes for or she just might get it. This is a scene where a man gets out of shower with a towel. He drops the towel but she opens the umbrella so nothing is seen. Other than that it is cute, especially for adults.
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
very cute 11+
a man in his tidy witys. b-itch, gay, and 2 men cheating on there wives. but good moral and fun. garner gets drunk on sum pinicaladas. but thats it.
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