13 Going on 30
13 Going on 30 (released as Suddenly 30 in some countries) is a 2004 American fantasy romantic comedy film written by Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith, directed by Gary Winick, and starring Jennifer Garner about a 13-year-old girl in 1987 who dreams of being popular. During her birthday party, however, she is humiliated by her classmates, and she later wishes that she were 30 years old. Shortly afterward, magic dust makes her awaken at the age of 30 in 2004, and she is uncertain of what happened.
Plot
In 1987, the geeky Jenna Rink yearns to be popular, so she persuades the "Six Chicks", the ruling clique led by "Tom-Tom", to attend her thirteenth birthday party by doing their homework for them. Jenna's best friend and next-door neighbor, Matt "Matty" Flamhaff, who is secretly in love with her, gives her a dollhouse that he made himself and sprinkles the roof with "magic wishing dust". The Six Chicks arrive with several boys and deceive Jenna into playing "seven minutes in heaven" in her closet while they leave with the completed homework. When Matty discovers what happened, a humiliated Jenna tearfully wishes to be "thirty, flirty, and thriving" as the wishing dust sprinkles on her.
Cast
- Alexandra Kyle
- Andy Serkis
- Ashley Benson
- Brie Larson
- Brittany Curran
- Christa B. Allen
- Gia Mantegna
- Jennifer Garner
- Joe Grifasi
- Judy Greer
- Kathy Baker
- Kiersten Warren
- Lynn Collins
- Mark Ruffalo
- Mary Pat Gleason
- Maz Jobrani
- Renee Olstead
- Robinne Lee
- Samuel Ball
- Scout Taylor-Compton
- Susan Egan
- Ward Horton
More details
| author | Josh Goldsmith |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New Jersey New York City |
| director | Gary Winick |
| editor | Susan Littenberg |
| events | body swap time travel |
| genre | comedy fantasy romance |
| keywords | best friend birthday party childhood home claim date estrange fall fashion magazine fifth avenue greenwich village in the closet learn line dance married morning no memory rule second chance seven minutes in heaven speak struggle wed |
| musicBy | Theodore Shapiro |
| producer | Donna Arkoff Roth Gina Matthews Susan Arnold |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures Revolution Studios |
| publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| recordedAt | California Los Angeles New York City |
| theme | romantic comedy romantic fantasy teen romance thriller time wish fulfillment |