JERSEY GIRL
Released: March 26, 2004
This is the first attempt at a mainstream film from director Kevin Smith. Gone are Jay and Silent Bob, no more girls having sex with dead elderly men in convenience store bathrooms. Ollie (Ben Affleck) is a top of his game N.Y publicist. He has a perfect life with a beautiful wife (Jennifer Lopez) and a baby on the way. Suddenly things go astray and Ollie finds himself jobless and a single father. He's forced to move in with his father played by George Carlin. Things start to look up for him when he meets another great girl (Liv Tyler). As Smith says, Lopez is only in the first 12 minutes of the film and the rest is devoted to Affleck's character and his relationships with his father, daughter and new girlfriend. While I did enjoy this movie, I could have cared more about these characters had they been fleshed out a bit more, something Smith never needed to worry about much until now. However, as a mainstream film it is fine and deserves a look.
103 Minutes
Miramax/Buena Vista