Review of Jersey Girl (2004) by Stuart K — 05 Aug 2013

After being stuck in the View Askewniverse since 1994, Kevin Smith decided it was time for something completely different for his next film. By that, he wanted to do a more commercial film, featuring non of the characters that had frequented his previous films from Clerks (1994) to Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), it's not as bad as critics say actually.

Ollie Trinké (Ben Affleck) works for Public Relations in New York, but when his wife Gertrude (Jennifer Lopez) dies during childbirth, his life collapses around him. He loses his job, and has to move back in with his father Bart (George Carlin).

7 years later, his daughter Gertie (Raquel Castro) is in Elementary School, and Ollie works is working on the streets, but still trying to get back into public relations, his old friend Arthur (Jason Biggs) tries to set up interviews.

However, when Ollie meets video store clerk Maya (Liv Tyler), his life seems to take a change for the better, or will it?? Critics hated this film at the time, audiences stayed away too. It had a troubled production too, delayed due to the negative publicity surrounding "Bennifer".

But, it's not as bad as they say, true it is sentimental. But Smith clearly made the film he had envisioned, it was very personal to him.