Jersey Girl | 
| Director: Kevin Smith
Actors: Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Raquel Castro, Betty Aberlin, Matt Mcfarland
Studio: Miramax
Category: DVD
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Rating:  140 reviews
Sales Rank: 7121
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D36727D
UPC: 786936245660
EAN: 0786936245660
ASIN: B00029LO5E
Theatrical Release Date: March 26, 2004
Release Date: September 7, 2004
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Product Description
Ollie is a smooth successful manhattan music publicist whose perfect life is suddenly upended leaving him a single father. Out of a job & out of luck he reluctantly moves in with his father. Years later he meets maya & realizes that sometimes you have to forget about who you thought you were. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 09/01/2006 Starring: Ben Affleck Jason Biggs Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Pg13
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Jersey Girl stars Ben Affleck as a workaholic music executive who loses his wife (Jennifer Lopez) in childbirth and has to raise his newborn daughter with the help of his crotchety New Jersey dad (George Carlin). The movie unspools as if writer-director Kevin Smith, normally a highly self-aware filmmaker (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma), set out to put a fresh spin on every cliche he could imagine (parent forced to choose between child and career; parent rushing to attend school performance; etc.)--then forgot to put in the spin. The scenes that aren't lifeless are implausible (Liv Tyler plays the fantasy girl of every awkward boy's dreams). The only real feeling comes from the strong soundtrack. However, Raquel Castro, as the daughter, is an uncanny double for Lopez; when the light plays across Castro's cheekbones just so, you'd swear the casting director simply shrunk Lopez for convenience. --Bret Fetzer
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 Not half bad tearjerker April 5, 2009
Bradley F. Smith (Miami Beach, FL)
True, this features Bennifer at the start, at what must have been the end of their relationship. It's also got one of the last appearances by the late George Carlin, and, of course, Liv Tyler is always smashing. She even lisps her way through some "Elv-ish" in one of the extras. The plot is man-rediscovers-what-is-really-important-in-life. Naturally, that means a cute kid, a grumpy dad and an understanding girlfriend. This could have been made in the 50s. But it's really ok. I'd watch it if I were you.
Not bad . . , January 15, 2009
L. K. Elmore (Pacific Northwest)
Actually I liked Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler together. And I thought the movie was nice actually - I just couldn't stand the little girl that played the daughter. Just too precocious and a bit over acting done here (the scene where her Dad shows up for the play - the camera shot on her face, please!). And speaking of plays - come one! Sweeney Todd (yeah, right) at a school play, complete with elaborate stage set??!! and costumes?
Sorry, just found the daughter too irritating (much like her mother:)
 great comedy hybrid December 14, 2008
Lynne M. O'donnell (Glastonbury, CT USA)
I felt like this movie captured a wide range of emotions very well and still maintained very smooth scene transitions. The story was unique, the directing was in-tuned, and the acting was some of the best we've seen from Affleck, Tyler, and Carlin, but the real talent in this movie is most clearly Raquel Castro as little Gertie Trinke. She gives a flawless performance and shows she is in the elite league of actresses at her young age. The entire cast really melded together beautifully with each still maintaining their individually complex roles this is undoubtly due to Kevin Smith who writes and directs Jersey Girl to its full emotional potential.
Jersey Girl September 17, 2008
George Barthelenghi (Rutherford, New Jersey United States)
Excellent,and
heart warming
and very moving,actor
George Carlin
plays(grandpa) and his son gets curve balls thrown at him lots in begining
but they keep on coming throughout the movie,
Liv tylor adds a comical twist towards end but J Lo does her thing in begining.
 I loved this movie! August 23, 2008
S. L. Hussey (Antioch, CA USA)
Saw it on TV and went looking for it. Bought 2, 1 for me, 1 for another George Carlin fan. This is definitely a feel good movie.
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