Review of 13 Going on 30 (2004) by Brandon W — 05 Apr 2015

13 Going On 30 is a great movie that shows that even if it's similar, it can still try to be a bit different and be an enjoyable movie. The premise is very similar to Big, but the only major difference is that for Big, the next day the character would turn older, but in this, it fast forwards to 17 years when she's 30 years old.

So for my first thought, I thought that she's going to tell everybody that she's actually 13 and they start to believe her, she does a bit, but when the movie goes on, she starts to accept it for what she wished for, which I didn't expect.

There's also some moments where it was unexpected, but not enough to make the plot fairly new. I was a bit worried about the movie because of the beginning, but when Jennifer Garner is in this, she makes this movie.

She knows how 13 years old girls are like, and gets very energetic with lots of energy without being too energetic which gets annoying. There's a lot of jokes that really worked, and it's really unexpected too and surprising as I watched Big before this.

The soundtrack really felt nostalgic which makes sense to this movie, and the supporting cast are great too, with Andy Serkis having the most fun time in this. The message is actually really nice, and the best friend chemistry between Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo is actually really believable and it never seem sappy.

13 Going On 30 may not be a classic like Big, but it's a great movie that I'm glad that my best friend wanted me to watch it.