13 Going on 30 (2004)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Gary Winick

Writers (WGA):

Josh Goldsmith (written by) &
Cathy Yuspa (written by)

Release Date:

23 April 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

For some, 13 feels like it was just yesterday. For Jenna, it was.

Plot:

A 13 year old girl plays a game on her 13th birthday and wakes up the next day as a 30 year old woman.

Plot Keywords:

Birthday | Party | Birthday Party | Friend | Wish

Awards:

11 nominations

Cast

Jennifer Garner	...	Jenna Rink
Mark Ruffalo	...	Matt Flamhaff
Judy Greer	...	Lucy Wyman
Andy Serkis	...	Richard Kneeland
Kathy Baker	...	Bev Rink
Phil Reeves	...	Wayne Rink
Samuel Ball	...	Alex Carlson
Marcia DeBonis	...	Arlene
Christa B. Allen	...	Young Jenna
Sean Marquette	...	Young Matt
Kiersten Warren	...	Trish Sackett
Joe Grifasi	...	Mr. Flamhaff
Mary Pat Gleason	...	Mrs. Flamhaff
Susan Egan	...	Tracy Hansen
Lynn Collins	...	Wendy
Renee Olstead	...	Becky
Alexandra Kyle	...	Young Tom-Tom
Alex Black	...	Young Chris Grandy
Ashley Benson	...	Six Chick
Brittany Curran	...	Six Chick
Brie Larson	...	Six Chick
Megan Lusk	...	Six Chick
Julia Roth	...	Six Chick
Jeffrey Shane Cohn	...	Grandy's Friend
George Hine	...	Grandy's Friend
Philip Pavel	...	Phil
Sarah Loew	...	Carla
Maz Jobrani	...	Glenn
Ian Barford	...	Pete Hansen
Benita Krista Nall	...	Waitress at Party
Robinne Lee	...	Rachel
Justin Burke	...	13-Year-Old Boy in Bar
Sara Swain	...	Sara
Catherine Combs	...	Catherine
Gia Mantegna	...	Gina (as Gina Mantegna)
Sydni Beaudoin	...	Sydni
Jim Gaffigan	...	Chris Grandy
Corena Chase	...	Poise Employee
Crystal Michelle	...	Poise Secretary
Madeline Sprung-Keyser	...	Maddy
Richard Whitebear	...	DJ (as Swoop Whitebear)
Shambo Pfaff	...	Band Member
John W. Grant	...	Band Member (as John Grant)
Fabrice Calmettes	...	Band Member
Eron Otcasek	...	Band Member
Kevin D. White	...	Yearbook Photographer
Timothy Anderson	...	Dancer
Adrian Armas	...	Dancer
Carmit Bachar	...	Dancer
Rita Bland	...	Dancer (as Rita Maye Bland)
Douglas Caldwell	...	Dancer
Tyce Diorio	...	Dancer (as Keith Diorio)
Nadine Ellis	...	Dancer
Janina Garraway	...	Dancer (as Janina N. Garraway)
Stacey Harper	...	Dancer
Brandon Henschel	...	Dancer (as Brandon Nicholas Henschel)
Michael William Higgins	...	Dancer
Katie Miller	...	Dancer
Nancy O'Meara	...	Dancer
Bubba Dean Rambo	...	Dancer
Caroline A. Rice	...	Dancer
Kevin Alexander Stea	...	Dancer (as Kevin Stea)
Michon Suyama	...	Dancer
Kadee Sweeney	...	Dancer
Natalie Willes	...	Dancer
Darrel W. Wright	...	Dancer (as Darrel Wright)
Kimberly Wyatt	...	Dancer
Jason Yribar	...	Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Candace Elaine	...	Hostess (uncredited)
Amber Gristak	...	Rude Girl (uncredited)
Irena A. Hoffman	...	Partygoer (uncredited)
Ward Horton	...	Featured extra (uncredited)
Bill Kotsatos	...	Photo Shoot Grip (uncredited)
Melody Krell	...	Magazine Editor (uncredited)
Jason Makely	...	Magazine Staffer (uncredited)
Luis Pedron	...	Matt's Photo Assistant (uncredited)
James Pomichter	...	Guy Hit by Shrimp (uncredited)
Stewart Summers	...	Extra (uncredited)
Scout Taylor-Compton	...	Tiffany (uncredited)
Brad Tiemann	...	Magazine Staffer (uncredited)
Michael Tommer	...	Boy watching football game (uncredited)
Larry Vigus	...	Guest (uncredited)

Directed by
Gary Winick

Writing credits (WGA)
Josh Goldsmith		(written by) &
Cathy Yuspa		(written by)

Produced by
Susan Arnold	....	producer
Allegra Clegg	....	co-producer
Todd Garner	....	executive producer
Dan Kolsrud	....	executive producer
Gina Matthews	....	producer
Donna Roth	....	producer (as Donna Arkoff Roth)
Desiree Van Til	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Theodore Shapiro

Cinematography by
Don Burgess		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Susan Littenberg

Casting by
Ellen Lewis
Terri Taylor

Production Design by
Garreth Stover

Art Direction by
Chris Cornwell

Set Decoration by
Leslie E. Rollins

Costume Design by
Susie DeSanto

Makeup Department
Angel De Angelis	....	hair stylist: New York
Deborah La Mia Denaver	....	makeup artist: Ms. Garner (as Deborah LaMia Denaver)
Paula Kelly	....	additional makeup artist
Kay Majerus	....	additional hair stylist
Frances Mathias	....	hair department head
Katherine Rees	....	key hair stylist
Michael Reitz	....	hair stylist: Jennifer Garner
Wendy Robin	....	assistant makeup artist
Amy Schmiederer	....	key makeup artist
Carla White	....	makeup artist: New York
Cindy J. Williams	....	makeup department head (as Cindy Williams)
Kevin Yagher	....	age makeup effects
Tony Gardner	....	special prosthetics (uncredited)
Kenneth Paul Schoenfeld	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Patsy Bouge	....	post-production supervisor (as Patsy Bougé)
Allegra Clegg	....	unit production manager
Daren Hicks	....	production supervisor
Joseph E. Iberti	....	unit production manager: New York

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hope Garrison	....	second assistant director
Eric Fox Hays	....	first assistant director
Murphy Occhino	....	second assistant director
Bill Purple	....	second second assistant director (as William Purple)
Timothy C. Reischauer	....	dga trainee
Roberta Riordan	....	second assistant director: New York
Eric Yellin	....	second second assistant director: New York

Art Department
Jonathan Bobbitt	....	leadman
Lauren Buckley	....	art department coordinator
Daragh Byrne	....	carpenter
John Coven	....	storyboard artist
Shannon Curfman	....	lead person: re-shoots (as Shannon Curfman-Dayan)
Gene Darnell	....	set designer
Guido DeCurtis	....	lead man: New York
Peter DeCurtis	....	set dresser
Gustavo R. Ferreyra	....	digital set designer
Emily Ferry	....	property master
Peter Gelfman	....	property master: New York
Brett Gollin	....	props
Tim Grimes	....	props
Tom Hrupcho	....	paint supervisor
Jordan Jacobs	....	assistant art director
Ray Kluga	....	art director: New York
Kyra Kowasic	....	art department assistant
George Lee	....	set designer
Al Lewis	....	art department coordinator
Michael Marcus	....	art designer
Robin McAllister	....	property assistant
Melissa Mollo	....	graphic designer
Joseph Musso	....	production illustrator
Joe Ondrejko	....	construction coordinator
Ron Shulem	....	gangboss
Joy Taylor	....	assistant property master
Greg Wilkinson	....	assistant props
Harriet Zucker	....	assistant set decorator: New York (as Harriet S. Zucker)

Sound Department
Steve Bartkowicz	....	re-recording engineer
Bob Beher	....	foley supervisor
Tom Bellfort	....	supervising sound editor
Harry Cohen	....	sound designer
Paul Flinchbaugh	....	digital assistant
Nerses Gezalyan	....	sound mixer
Hector C. Gika	....	sound effects editor
Peter Hansen	....	second boom operator
Peter Hansen	....	sound utility
John Hays	....	boom operator: re-shoots
Steve Kohler	....	pre-mix recordist
Sean Landeros	....	sound recordist
David MacMillan	....	sound mixer
Harrison D. Marsh	....	boom operator
Todd Niesen	....	dialogue denoising
Michael Primmer	....	boom operator
Perry Robertson	....	sound effects editor
Geoffrey G. Rubay	....	sound effects editor
James Sabat	....	sound mixer
James J. Sabat Jr.	....	sound recordist
Ann Scibelli	....	sound designer
Brad Sherman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Unsun Song	....	sound re-recordist
Branden Spencer	....	supervising assistant sound editor
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Jon Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Hugh Waddell	....	dialogue editor
Hugo Weng	....	adr editor (as Hugo Wang)
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
Steve Austin	....	special effects technician
Steven Kirshoff	....	special effects coordinator: New York (as Steve Kirshoff)
Gintar Repecka	....	special effects coordinator
John Stifanich	....	special effects foreman: New York (as John R. Stifanich)

Visual Effects by
David Jones	....	visual effects supervisor
Michael Lori	....	3D tracking
Robert Nall	....	digital artist
Mark P. Renton	....	digital artist
Kosta Saric	....	visual effects editor: Asylum Visual Effects
Gunther Schatz	....	digital visual effects artist
Jamie Stevenson	....	visual effects producer
Jeff Werner	....	visual effects producer
Yuichiro Yamashita	....	visual effects
Claas Henke	....	compositor: Asylum (uncredited)

Stunts
Kevin Abercrombie	....	utility stunts
Danny Aiello III	....	stunts
Bill Anagnos	....	stunts
John Cenatiempo	....	stunts
Hudson Cooper	....	stunts
Norman Douglass	....	stunts
Shauna Duggins	....	stunt coordinator
Shauna Duggins	....	stunt double: Jenna
Cort Hessler	....	stunt driver
Michael E. Lindren	....	stunts
Jake Lombard	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Nico Bally	....	grip
Tracy Bennett	....	still photographer
James Boniece	....	key rigging grip
Rod Calarco	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera, New York
Paul Candrilli	....	b dolly grip
Mark Connelly	....	film loader
Mark P. Coo	....	grip
Michael J. Coo	....	key grip
Mark Cueto	....	set lighting technician
Steven Cueva	....	second assistant camera
Antony Diamond	....	second assistant camera
Mark Gilmer	....	camera loader
Eli Golub	....	grip
Sean Higgins	....	rigging electrician
Troi Horton	....	grip
Dale Hunter	....	digital imaging engineer
Jendra Jarnagin	....	additional electrician
Scott Kincaid	....	electrician
Jennifer Koestler	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, New York
Mitchell Andrew Lillian	....	key grip: New York
Gary Lowrance	....	rigging electrician: Los Angeles
Michael Lowrance	....	electrician
Michael Lyon	....	electrician: additional photography
Charlie Marroquin	....	best boy grip
Rick Marroquin	....	dolly grip
Michael J. Maurer	....	electrician: New York
Michael A. McFadden	....	grip
Kevin McKenna	....	video assist operator
David H. Neale	....	rigging lighting technician
Anna Novick	....	grip
Patrick B. O'Brien	....	camera operator
Morten Petersen	....	rigging electric gang boss
Melvin Pukowsky	....	grip: New York
Bradford Ralston	....	video assist operator
Brian Rosso	....	dolly grip
Michael Rudolph	....	electrician
David Schmalz	....	video assist operator
Don Steinberg	....	first assistant camera
Monte Swann	....	video engineer
Andrew Sweeney	....	grip: New York
Brian Tilden	....	gaffer: additional photography
Rebecca Venezia	....	camera loader: New York
John Verardi	....	assistant camera: "b" camera, New York
Zoran Veselic	....	first assistant camera
Robert Vuolo	....	lighting technician: New York
Barry Wetcher	....	still photographer: New York
Tony Willard	....	grip rigging best boy
Matthew E. Alper	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Jennifer Euston	....	casting associate
Tina Kerr	....	extras casting
Alysson Marcus	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marisa Aboitiz	....	costume supervisor
Maria Bradley	....	costumer: Ms. Garner (as Maria C. Bradley)
Holly Davis	....	key costumer
Marta Font	....	set costumer
Rhonney Greene	....	additional costume production assistant
Patrick Guzzo	....	costumer
Mila Hermanovski	....	costumer
Barrett Hong	....	set costumer: New York
Ángela Núñez	....	set costumer
Yleana Nunez	....	costume production assistant
Conan Castro Jr.	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Patsy Bouge	....	post-production
Logan Breit	....	first assistant editor: avid
Bart Brevé	....	apprentice editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Marcus Franklin	....	assistant editor
George McCarthy	....	first assistant film editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Bryan Carrigan	....	digital score recordist
Chris Fogel	....	music scoring mixer
Marc Gebauer	....	scoring technician
John Houlihan	....	music supervisor
Season Kent	....	music coordinator
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring crew
David Marquette	....	score recordist
Daniel Pinder	....	music editor
Justin Reeve	....	music coordinator
Angie Rubin	....	supervising music editor
Jay Selvester	....	scoring crew
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation

Transportation Department
John Armstrong	....	transportation co-captain
Paulie DiCocco	....	driver: Gary Winick
Michael Hyde	....	transportation captain
Joel Marrow	....	transportation coordinator
Bobby Marsh	....	driver
Jimmy Ray Pickens	....	driver
Joseph Sullivan	....	driver

Other crew
Serena Baker	....	key assistant location manager
Brian Bird	....	key assistant location manager
Justin Blampied	....	title designer
Ryan Bonner	....	production assistant
Ericka Bryce	....	production medic
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot
Scott Cler	....	production secretary
Edward E. Cohen	....	stand-in: Mark Ruffalo
Ricky Cuevas	....	assistant accountant
Jason Dean	....	assistant production coordinator
Philip DeRise	....	assistant: Gina Matthews, New York
Leah Deveau	....	office production assistant
Michael Dorner	....	payroll accountant
Eric Dow	....	production assistant
Lee Ebersole	....	production assistant
Vadim Epstein	....	production assistant
Julia Fishman	....	production assistant
Orlando R. Gonzales	....	assistant production coordinator
Bradley Grant	....	caterer
Jennifer L. Hamilton	....	assistant choreographer
Juliana Janes	....	assistant: Ms. Garner
Matthew Kania	....	location assistant
Ryan Keating	....	photo double: Andy Serkis
Ryan Keating	....	stand-in: Andy Serkis
Michael R. Kern	....	accountant
Nancy Kiu	....	additional production assistant
Kris Lahd	....	production assistant
Thomas K. Lee	....	production assistant
Kendra Levenberg	....	craft service
Josh Liveright	....	payroll accountant
Scott Allen Logan	....	location manager
Christopher Martini	....	production assistant
Elise Mazanek	....	additional set production assistant
Jim Nickas	....	production assistant
Leda Nornang	....	assistant production coordinator: New York
Wayne Petrucelli	....	security coordinator: New York
Marguerite Pomerhn Derricks	....	choreographer (as Marguerite Derricks)
James Pomichter	....	stand-in: Mark Ruffalo
Santiago Quinones	....	location manager
Aaron Resch	....	production assistant
Michael K. Reynolds	....	chef
Sharron Reynolds	....	script supervisor
Jose Ruisanchez	....	assistant: Ms. Matthews
David Saltzman	....	assistant: Ms. Roth and Ms. Arnold
Janine Schiro	....	accounting clerk
Jim Schiro	....	second assistant accountant
Windi See	....	production secretary
Thomas Sellitti Jr.	....	production assistant
Deborah Simmrin	....	unit publicist
Karen Koula Sossiadis	....	production coordinator
Ara Soudjian	....	production assistant
Eugene Stamos	....	craft service
Cheryl A. Stone	....	production accountant
Lisa Vijitchanton	....	assistant: Mr. Kolsrud
Devon Wilson	....	assistant: Gary Winick
David L. Feinberg	....	production office assistant (uncredited)
Michael Feldman	....	location scout (uncredited)
Chris George	....	location assistant (uncredited)
Michael Jackson	....	choreographer: dance sequence (uncredited--original "Thriller" chorepgraphy)
Jessica Lustgarten	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Michael Peters	....	choreographer: dance sequence (uncredited--original "Thriller" chorepgraphy)

Production Companies

• Revolution Studios (presents)
• Thirteen Productions

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2004) (worldwide) (all media)
• Columbia Pictures (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (2004) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2005) (Argentina) (all media)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Italia (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
• FS Film Oy (2004) (Finland) (theatrical)
• FS Film Oy (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
• FS Film Oy (2004) (Finland) (VHS)
• Fox Network (2007) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Films (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• LK-TEL (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Nelonen (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• RTL Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL5)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)

Special Effects

• Asylum VFX (visual effects)
• Digital Filmworks (additional visual effects) (as Digital Film Works)
• Alterian

Other Companies

• Asylum VFX  title design: main titles (as Asylum)
• Behind the Scenes  shipping by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• FedEx  trademark used by permission
• Hollywood Records  soundtrack published by
• Howard Anderson Company, The  end titles
• Orbit Digital  Avid provided by
• Reel Team, The  loop group
• Sylvia Fay/Lee Genick & Associates Casting  extras casting New York
• Todd-AO Radford  sound services provided by

Also Known As:

Suddenly 30 (Australia)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexual content and brief drug references.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:U | France:U | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40114) | Finland:K-3 | South Korea:15 | Germany:o.Al. | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Iceland:L | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:A | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A

Filming Locations:

260 5th Ave, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Revolution Studios

Trivia:

When Jenna confronts Matt as he is dressing for the wedding, a book with the title "Time's Arrow" can be seen on the shelf beside her. The book is a novel by Martin Amis, about a man who experiences his life in reverse: the book opens as he becomes conscious as a very old man near death, and proceeds backwards through his life, ending when he is a small child.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Lucy is telling Jenna how to act outside the Poise Magazine building, the same extras walk past more than twice each. Also, there are people walking behind Lucy that we don't see in the close-ups of Jenna, even though they are standing next to each other.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Boy: Move it, dorkus.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Ancient Evil 2: Guardian of the Underworld (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Chick a Boom Boom Boom

Jennifer Garner makes this movie watchable

Jennifer Garner plays Jenna, a 13-year-old girl who makes a wish to become older, and she finds herself thrust forward 17 years into the body of a gorgeous 30-year-old executive. Trying to discover what happened, she gets back in touch with her old high school friends, who've all lived 17 years of life, while she is still just a girl in the body of a woman.

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. She's funny and she has a great personality. It also helps that she's having fun in the role and it's so hard to actually hate her because she plays a very likable character. Mark Ruffalo gives an okay performance, he was a little dull though. I don't think comedy is his best genre. There are also some fun performances from Andy Serkis and Judy Greer.

The film was too cheesy and silly for me at times. For example, there was this one scene where Jennifer Garner is at a sleepover with all these little thirteen year old girls and she's telling them about her kissing experiences. After she does this, they all get up and start dancing. It was just so cheesy and annoying though girls will probably love that part. The movie is also pretty predictable. If you have seen the preview then you should know how things will end. The movie is pretty simple yet still entertaining. It's also a lot better than other similar films like Chasing Liberty and The Prince and Me. In the end, 13 Going on 30 is a decent, charming chick flick that should appeal to it's target audience. Rating 6/10