Jersey Girl

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Jersey Girl

PG-13

2004

1h 37m

Romance

Comedy

Drama

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Ollie Trinke 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, 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

Dec 24, 2010

2/5

Formulaic script and uneven tone. Disappointing.

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Joe Leydon

Variety

Jun 23, 2008

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

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Olly Richards

Empire Magazine

Jun 18, 2004

2/5

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

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Cory Woodroof

615 Film

Jun 15, 2022

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.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 12, 2020

2.5/4.0

This film should have been much better than it is.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Nov 13, 2019

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

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Rami A

@Bunt101 Sep 4, 2025

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!

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Luis Otavio F

@RT47579327 Jun 23, 2025

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

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Ricardo Gil P

@Nikam Jun 7, 2025

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.

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Tonya K

@Tonya_The_Kitsune Nov 2, 2024

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

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Enrique P

@therealenriquep Oct 10, 2024

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.

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Oaklee D

@ODie63 Sep 11, 2024

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

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Synopsis

Ollie Trinke 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, 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, Drama
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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