Jersey Girl
Jersey Girl is a 2004 American comedy-drama film written, co-edited and directed by Kevin Smith. It stars Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler with George Carlin (in his final onscreen film appearance before his death), Stephen Root, Mike Starr, Raquel Castro, Jason Biggs and Jennifer Lopez in supporting roles. The film follows a widowed man who must take care of his precocious daughter after her mother dies during childbirth.
Plot
Powerful New York City media publicist Ollie Trinké's wife, Gertrude, dies during childbirth due to an aneurysm. To avoid his grief, he buries himself in his work and ignores his new daughter, Gertie, while his father, Bart, whose own wife died many years earlier, takes a month off from work to take care of her, later returning to work to convince his son to live up to his responsibility as a single parent. Stressed by a crying baby, he insults his client, Will Smith, in front of assembled reporters. He is fired and moves back in with Bart in New Jersey. He eventually apologizes for ignoring Gertie and attributes his public outburst to his grief.
More details
author | Kevin Smith |
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contentLocation | New Jersey New York City |
director | Kevin Smith |
editor | Kevin Smith Scott Mosier |
events | human pregnancy |
genre | comedy-drama |
keywords | aneurysm blacklist borough chance encounter civil servant crying baby elementary school graduate student mass media medium move new life public relations public relations firm public works publicist seven years single parent sweeney todd talent show video store wait |
musicBy | James L. Venable |
producer | Scott Mosier |
productionCompany | View Askew Productions |
publisher | Miramax Films |
recordedAt | New Jersey New York City Toronto |
theme | romantic comedy |