- Film Review
- Reviewed By Sloan Freer
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3 out of 5
This update of the much explored body-swap theme is essentially a female Big. Cute and frothy, it's an ultra-girlie, wish-fulfilment fantasy that plays like a teen magazine come to life. In it, a nerdy 13-year-old girl's dreams become reality when she's miraculously transformed into gorgeous and successful 30-year-old Jennifer Garner. Though the events that follow are unrealistic fancy, Garner's delightful and authentic-feeling turn helps paper over many of the plot holes. Her adolescent take on the adult world is completely charming, infusing the film with a scatty innocence. This is nicely balanced by Mark Ruffalo's unassuming performance as her childhood best friend. Overall the tale is flimsy and predictable, but it's buoyant and engaging enough not to matter.
Plot Summary
Romantic comedy fantasy starring Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo. In 1980s America, nerdy young Jenna desperately wants to become an adult. Hiding in the closet during a game at her 13th birthday party, she wishes that she could be a 30-year-old. When she steps out of the cupboard her dream has miraculously come true - it's 2004 and she's now a successful magazine editor.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Jenna Rink
- Jennifer Garner
- Matt Flamhaff
- Mark Ruffalo
- Lucy Wyman
- Judy Greer
- Richard Kneeland
- Andy Serkis
- Bev Rink
- Kathy Baker
- Wayne Rink
- Phil Reeves
- Alex Carlson
- Samuel Ball
- Arlene
- Marcia DeBonis
- Young Jenna
- Christa B Allen
- Young Matt
- Sean Marquette
- Trish Sackett
- Kiersten Warren
Crew
- Director
- Gary Winick
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