Synopsis
Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having to move in with his father. To bounce back, it takes a new love and the courage instilled in him by his daughter.
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Cast
- Ben AffleckOllie Trinke
- Raquel CastroGertie Trinke
- Liv TylerMaya
- George CarlinBart Trinke
- Jason BiggsArthur Brickman
- Jennifer LopezGertrude Steiney
- Stephen RootGreenie
- Mike StarrBlock
- Will SmithWill Smith
- Jennifer Schwalbach SmithSusan
Recommendations
- 80
Film Threat
Has more heart up on the screen than any film I’ve seen in recent years. I mean, we’re talking sappy, sweet, heart wrenching sentimentality. - 70
The A.V. Club
Though Smith loses many of his past efforts' familiar trappings--Jay and Silent Bob are now confined to the production-company logo--Jersey Girl plays to Smith's strengths like no film since "Clerks." - 63
Chicago Tribune
Jersey Girl is an oddity, hard to dislike but impossible to buy. - 50
ReelViews
A lackluster melodrama with only a few inspired moments. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Smith stumbles setting up dramatic confrontations and strains credibility a time or two with implausible moments. - 50
Variety
A bland slab of sentimental hokum that proves even the most smart-alecky of indie auteurs can turn warm and fuzzy on occasion. - 50
Rolling Stone
Affleck is modest and engaging, which keeps the movie out of "Gigli" territory. But it's close. - 40
Dallas Observer
Smith used to make movies to make fun of movies like Jersey Girl; now he's just another guy working the assembly line, which won't make you a sell-out if no one buys it.
