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Writer (WGA):
Kevin Smith (written by)
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Release Date:
26 March 2004 (USA) more
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Forget about who you thought you were, and just accept who you are. more
Plot:
After his career is sidelined from an unexpected tragedy and a personal blowup, a single man must take care of his precocious daughter. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win & 6 nominations more
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Very Sweet Movie more (344 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Betty Aberlin ... Teacher
Matt McFarland ... Boy #1
Sarah Stafford ... Girl #1

Paulie Litt ... Bryan (as Paulie Litowsky)

Christian Fan ... Boy #3
Victor Chavez ... Boy #4
William Mace ... Boy #5

Raquel Castro ... Gertie Trinke

Ben Affleck ... Ollie Trinke

Jennifer Schwalbach Smith ... Susan (as Jennifer Schwalbach)

Jennifer Lopez ... Gertrude Steiney

George Carlin ... Bart Trinke

Stephen Root ... Greenie

Mike Starr ... Block
S. Epatha Merkerson ... Doctor #1
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Also Known As:
Fatherhood Project (USA) (working title)
Untitled Kevin Smith Project (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG-13 on appeal for language and sexual content including frank dialogue.
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102 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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As of 2007, the only movie that Kevin Smith directed which is not part of his ViewAskview Universe series. more
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Continuity: When changing the baby's nappy/diaper, Ollie pours powder over his shirt and jacket. In next shots the layout of the powder on the shirt changes. more
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Teacher: Everyone, please take your seats. You heard the bell. You know what it means. Last week, the assignment was to write an essay about your family. Who they...
Teacher: [class: "Are!"] And what they...
Teacher: [class: "Mean to us!"] Excellent droning.
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54 out of 66 people found the following review useful.
Very Sweet Movie, 26 September 2005
8/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In New York, the young executive Oliver "Ollie" Trinke (Ben Affleck) is a successful PR of the music industry. He meets and falls in love for Gertrude Steiney (Jennifer Lopez), who soon gets pregnant. However, she dies in the childbirth and Ollie decides to return to his father's home in New Jersey. Pressed by the situation of lonely father, the workaholic Ollie blows-up in an important press conference and makes a fatal statement, losing his job and becoming blacklisted in his publicist career. He promises to be the "best father in the world" to the young Gertie, and stays single, grieving his beloved wife, without dating any woman for seven years and trying to retrieve a position of public relation. One day, he meets the rental clerk Maya (Liv Tyler), they become friends and she helps him to supersede his past life.

"Jersey Girl" is a very sweet movie about family, and honestly I could never expect such sensitive story from Kevin Smith. I like his work a lot, and I have all his movies in my collection. "Clerks" and "Chasing Amy" are amazing, and I must confess that I was tired of "Jay and Silent Bob". The shift in his career could not be better. The story is great and very well balanced with drama, comedy and romance. Liv Tyler is fantastic, showing a great chemistry with Ben Affleck. George Carlin is great, without being corny, in the role of Bart Trinke. But the girl Raquel Castro is stunning: very bright and smart, she steals all the scenes and seems to be a future star. I really loved this movie. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Menina dos Olhos" ("Apple of the Eyes" – meaning something very dear")

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