13 Going on 30
Overview
13 Going on 30 is a 2004 American romantic comedy
fantasy film
starring Jennifer Garner
and Mark Ruffalo
. It has a similar premise to the classic short story Rip Van Winkle
, in which a young person falls asleep and wakes up many years later as an older person. It also bears some similarity to films like Big
and 14 Going on 30
, in which boys are physically transformed into adult men, but in those films everyone else remains the same age.
Romantic comedy film
Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily"...
fantasy film
Fantasy film
Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres do overlap...
starring Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Anne Affleck , better known as Jennifer Garner, is an American actress and film producer. Garner gained recognition on television for her performance as CIA agent Sydney Bristow in the thriller drama series Alias, which aired on ABC for five seasons from 2001 to 2006...
and Mark Ruffalo
Mark Ruffalo
Mark Alan Ruffalo is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He starred in films such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Zodiac, Shutter Island, Just Like Heaven, You Can Count on Me and The Kids Are All Right for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best...
. It has a similar premise to the classic short story Rip Van Winkle
Rip Van Winkle
"Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving published in 1819, as well as the name of the story's fictional protagonist. Written while Irving was living in Birmingham, England, it was part of a collection entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon...
, in which a young person falls asleep and wakes up many years later as an older person. It also bears some similarity to films like Big
Big
Big is a 1988 romantic comedy film directed by Penny Marshall and stars Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin, a young boy who makes a wish "to be big" to a magical fortune-telling machine and is then aged to adulthood overnight...
and 14 Going on 30
14 Going on 30
14 Going on 30 is a 1988 made-for-TV movie broadcast by American Broadcasting Company and Buena Vista Television, and later distributed by Walt Disney Home Video. It stars Steven Eckholdt as Danny, a fourteen year old boy who is infatuated with his teacher Peggy Noble...
, in which boys are physically transformed into adult men, but in those films everyone else remains the same age.
Quotations
Dad! You promised you were gonna stay upstairs! GO!
I wanna be thirty. Thirty and flirty and thriving...
Lucy: OK, you can wipe the doe-eyed-Bambi-watching-her-mother-get-shot-and-strapped-to-the-back-of-a-van look from your face.
Matt: It doesn't matter what Lucy said. I stopped trusting her after she stole my poprocks in the third grade.