[Jason Seaver]

Questions like this are what Screen It is for:

http://www.screenit.com/movies/2004/13_going_on_30.html

[todd s]

Thanks, that was very helpful.

[Heidi Rittner]

I saw an earlier cut of 13 Going on 30 for a movie review I went to and it seems okay for a 9 year old. I don't remember any harsh language or situations. The most racy scene would be when her boyfriend starts doing this stripping thing, but it's more hilarious than anything else. I think he only took his shirt off anyway. So I think it'd be okay if a 9 year old saw it.

[Vickie_M]

Oh mods, please please make this one into the official thread. People seeing the movie have to wade through pages of OFF-TOPIC talk about Big first in that other one.

It's been many decades since I've had a 9-year old, and by then he'd seen the original Alien in the theater, so you might want to consider that soccer mom, I was not.

Anyway, I would certainly take a 9-year old, boy or girl. I can only think of one thing that might be questionable for the most strict of parents, the scene Heidi describes. It ends before anything happens though.

It's getting mixed reviews, but I hope it does well. Ebert didn't like it, but then, Ebert has a problem with comedies (always keep in mind that he didn't like Raising Arizona!)

While not brilliant, it's fun and funny, and it has a good message. It certainly shows off Garner's sweetness, charm and charisma. Garner's on an obscure, low-rated TV show that has a cult following, but she's not really known by the general public. If this is a hit, it'll make her a movie star. It'll certainly be a massive hit on video.

[Heidi Rittner]

Yah, magazine and online articles are referring to Jennifer Garner as the next Julia Roberts. The TV show that she's a star of, Alias, has been getting good ratings and is holding. I don't really watch it (don't watch much TV at all), but my mom loves that show. When I do run into people who watch it, they rave about it.

I do have to admit that when I first saw Jennifer Garner in her two or three roles in Felicity, she kind of bugged me. She was always doing this pucker mouth thing like she always looked surprised... kinda reminded me of a fish. It made it look like she's got a nice mouth and was trying to flaunt it. =)

However, in the movie, she has redeemed herself in my eyes. She's not doing that pucker fish-mouth thing anymore and she really did a great job pulling off a role where she has to act like a 13 year old in a 30 year old's body. Who knows? Maybe she will be the next Julia Roberts?

She did a pretty good job in Daredevil as well. In fact, she's got her own spinoff movie coming out entitled Electra, which was her character in Daredevil.