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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   25,025 votes
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Director:
Kevin Smith
Writer (WGA):
Kevin Smith (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
26 March 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
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
Awards:
1 win & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(138 articles)
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New Jersey Housewife May Be New Jersey Homeless
 (From E! Online. 23 October 2009, 2:42 PM, PDT)

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The Other Kevin Smith - who is all the same despite all 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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Fatherhood Project (USA) (working title)
Untitled Kevin Smith Project (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 on appeal for language and sexual content including frank dialogue.
Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:6 | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:6 | South Korea:12 | Sweden:Btl | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Finland:K-11 | Hong Kong:IIA | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG (original rating) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (re-rating on appeal) (certificate #39360) | USA:R (original rating) | Brazil:Livre
Filming Locations:
New Jersey, USA more
Company:
Miramax Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The movie will not be a part of the "Jersey Trilogy" or "Askewniverse" centering around Jay and Silent Bob. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the first scene, at the Christmas party, Santa Claus is sitting on the throne in the middle of the room with a girl on his lap. When Ollie walks up there seconds later (in the next shot) they are both gone. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
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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Movie Connections:
Features Major Damage (2001) more
Soundtrack:
Parents Just Don't Understand more

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56 out of 81 people found the following comment useful.
The Other Kevin Smith - who is all the same despite all, 14 November 2004
8/10
Author: sixstring-1 (sixstring@mailbox.hu) from Budapest EU/Hungary

I'm certain that if I had been Kevin Smith, approached by Miramax with this idea and screenplay, I would definitely have turned it down.

Maybe that's exactly why he had chosen to do it. And what a wise decision it was indeed... The movie didn't promise much judging it by the trailers, but in the end, I was quite satisfied with it when I finally saw it. I'm sure, that an average, or below-the-average Hollywood director would have made it into a blunt, silly, sentimental, and instantly forgettable, "soap-bubble-like" movie. But not Smith... There were many, many crucial points along the storyline that just called and yelled for directors to commit fatal errors... Smith had succeeded to avoid these errors, creating a really enjoyable, lovable, deeply emotional and yet funny piece of work. But still... this isn't the Kevin Smith that I admire so much. I believe that with "Dogma" he created a milestone in American film-making, by daring to speak fiercely openly and frankly about very delicate issues. I missed this part of him from "Jersey Girl" - but there was no room for it because of the plot.

With "Jersey Girl" he had showed more real emotions than he ever did in all of his works. He had proved himself an expert of human emotions. He showed the audience that he really understands about deep feelings, love, loss, family ties, ambition...

The only thing this film is lacking is really great acting. None of the actors gave bad performances, not by long shot, but still... there could have been some more... especially from Affleck. Tyler gave a surprisingly fresh, and believable performance, showing some real theatrical talents in the scene when she performs in Gertie's 'musical'.

The unavoidable Star Wars jokes, and celebrity "nose-pricks" are present of course, maintaining the overall "Smith-feel" to the movie. To be adequate, I quote Darth Vader: "Impressive... Most impressive."

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