Jersey Girl
After his career is sidelined from an unexpected tragedy and a personal blowup, Ollie must take care of his precocious daughter.
7 April 1971, Newark, New Jersey, USA
24 July 1969, The Bronx, New York, USA
24 November 1968
12 May 1937, New York City, New York, USA
17 November 1994, Long Island, New York City, New York, USA
25 April 1970, Orange, California, USA
27 February 1994, Highland Park, Illinois, USA
17 November 1976, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4 December 1980
27 February 1994, Highland Park, Illinois, USA
17 April 1995, New Jersey, USA
9 August 1996
1 July 1977, New York City, New York, USA
13 June 1927, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
25 September 1968, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
October 18, 2008
Jersey Girl obeys the classic conventions of romantic comedy but there are ingredients in this mix that raise it a notch above average.
June 23, 2008
Jersey Girl marks a low point for the tubby New Jersey auteur.
September 24, 2007
Mature and heartfelt, though not overly saccharine.
December 24, 2010
Formulaic script and uneven tone. Disappointing.
March 26, 2004
The filmmaker drowns his trademark edgy stew of smutty humor, stiff acting and dime-store insight into human nature with a gravy of glutinous bathos, making for a singularly unpalatable dish.
January 17, 2016
I enjoyed the movie quite a bit... Unfortunately, Smith cannot resist his old stand-bys.
March 26, 2004
This kind of weepy material works in the hands of melodrama masters like Douglas Sirk or Pedro Almodovar. But here, it's over-the-top and it's just horrible.
March 27, 2004
Inspired by Smith's own awe and amazement at being a father, the movie is modest and entertaining, with a minimum of sentimental goo, and it demands little of us except a good-natured willingness to go with it.
April 29, 2009
A cloying attempt at mainstream fodder...
March 27, 2004
The grating sense of commercial calculation in Jersey Girl consistently undercuts Smith's fine writing.
March 26, 2004
Smith is looking more and more like a developing major talent, so it could be years until we get a handle on this movie's legacy.
June 23, 2008
The script stoops to cheap gags that undercut Affleck's efforts to sustain a believable character.
