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, starring Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo, and produced by Susan Arnold and Donna Arkoff Roth. The film is about a 13-year-old girl in 1987 who awakens to find herself suddenly 30 years old and living in 2004 as a fashion editor.
Plot
In 1987 in New Jersey, nerdy 13-year-old Jenna Rink yearns to be popular. She persuades the Six Chicks, her school's ruling clique led by "Tom-Tom", to attend her birthday party by doing their homework for them. Jenna's best friend and next-door neighbor, Matty Flamhaff, secretly in love with her, gifts her a handmade dollhouse and sprinkles the roof with "magic wishing dust." The Six Chicks arrive with a group of boys, including Jenna's crush Chris Grandy. They trick Jenna into believing Chris is going to play "seven minutes in heaven" with her while they leave with the completed homework. When Matty discovers her in the closet, a humiliated Jenna barricades herself and tearfully wishes to be "thirty and flirty and thriving" as the wishing dust falls 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 chicago childhood home claim date estrange fall fashion magazine fifth avenue greenwich village in the closet morning newlywed no memory nothing rule second chance seven minutes in heaven speak struggle wed young man |
| 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 | high school romantic comedy romantic fantasy teen romance time wish fulfillment |