Review of Jersey Girl (2004) by Thomas G — 07 Apr 2009

As a fan of Kevin Smith's, I was quite excited to see this film. I've purposely stayed away from the View Askew website as much as possible, so I could go into this movie barely knowing a thing about it (I knew nearly everything about Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back before seeing it, and it kind of ruined it).

I'd have to honestly say, that were I to see this movie not knowing it was a Kevin Smith creation, I would have enjoyed it just as much. Of course I had fun picking out the cameos (the biggies being Matt Damon and Jason Lee, but also Betty Amberlin amung others), but the subject of the movie was great and it was nice seeing Ben Affleck paired up with the lovely Liv Tyler again.

I do have to give big credit to Raquel Castro, who plays the title role. Casting not only did a fantastic job of finding a girl that looks a bit like Jennifer Lopez, but has some great talent as well. I could see this girl going far.

Anyone going to see Jersey Girl expecting a Jay and Silent Bob movie will be dissapointed. However, it was nice to see they kept to the tradition of having a PS with Jay's voice.

All in all, without giving up any spoilers, I'd have to say that Kevin Smith's first effort at a PG-13 AND non Askewniverse flick was a complete success.