Jersey Girl

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Jersey Girl

PG-13

2004

1h 37m

Romance

Comedy

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Ollie Trinke (Ben Affleck) is young and at the top of his game as a music promoter. He is both a workaholic and a silver-tongued expert at manipulating the press. At a company Christmas party, Ollie meets Gertrude Steiney (Jennifer Lopez), a book editor for a New York publishing house. They are instantly attracted to each other, and begin a whirlwind romance that changes the course of his personal and professional life.

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Critics Consensus

A surprisingly conventional romantic comedy from Kevin Smith, Jersey Girl is warm but often overly sentimental.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Formulaic script and uneven tone. Disappointing.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 24, 2010

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Joe Leydon

Variety

The script stoops to cheap gags that undercut Affleck's efforts to sustain a believable character.

Jun 23, 2008

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Olly Richards

Empire Magazine

The 'grown-up' Kevin Smith exhibits greater ambition, but he's not quite so much fun.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 18, 2004

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Cory Woodroof

615 Film

I don’t know *what* was going on in the world in 2004, but Jersey Girl is just delightful. The big school review and George Carlin’s last scene with Affleck…*sniffles* I’m not crying, you’re crying.

Jun 15, 2022

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

This film should have been much better than it is.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

Sep 12, 2020

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

The result, a heartfelt, sweet and funny love letter to fatherhood.

Nov 13, 2019

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Rami A

This is a movie with a lot of heart, morals, great casting, and a beautiful story about a father learning to become a dad. Outside View Askewniverse, this is Kevin Smith's best work. The script and the chemistry between the cast are the richer aspects. If this movie were three hours, I wouldn't complain at all!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/04/25

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Luis Otavio F

Jersey Girl is comforting, it's warm, Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler are wonderful together and that was already clear in Armageddon.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/23/25

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Ricardo Gil P

Beautiful movie. The script is very good, very strong. The characters are very well designed, and the movie catches your attention from the beginning to the end. I like it very much.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/07/25

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Tonya K

Just not Kevin Smith's best work. And even George Carlin being in the movie couldn't save it

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/02/24

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Enrique P

This movie is super cute and so sad. Honestly if a bunch of other directors had made it nobody would've judged it. But because Kevin Smith made it, it gets crap but I love it. The chemistry is beautiful. The difficulty and struggle but reward of being a father is done well.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/29/24

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Oaklee D

More subdued than other Kevin Smith films, Jersey Girl still has all the charm.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/11/24

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Synopsis

Ollie Trinke (Ben Affleck) is young and at the top of his game as a music promoter. He is both a workaholic and a silver-tongued expert at manipulating the press. At a company Christmas party, Ollie meets Gertrude Steiney (Jennifer Lopez), a book editor for a New York publishing house. They are instantly attracted to each other, and begin a whirlwind romance that changes the course of his personal and professional life.

Director: Kevin Smith
Producer: Scott Mosier
Screenwriter: Kevin Smith
Distributor: Miramax Films
Production Co: Miramax, View Askew Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Frank Dialogue|Sexual Content)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 26, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 8, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $25.3M
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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