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April 23, 2004

Garner charms in teen-girl fantasy

By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Entertainment Writer

Jennifer Garner goes big in her first starring role in a comedy -- and it pays off big-time -- in "13 Going on 30."

The star of TV's "Alias" plays an awkward 13-year-old girl who yearns for adulthood and is transported to her future as a 30-year-old woman, so comparisons to "Big" are inevitable. (And there are more than a couple of nods to that 1988 movie: She marvels at Manhattan through the sun roof of a limousine and makes simplistic suggestions at the office that are interpreted as genius.)

13 GOING ON 30

Director: Gary Winick

Cast: Jennifer Garner, Judy Greer, Mark Ruffalo, Andy Serkis

Rating: PG-13, for some sexual content and brief drug references

Running time: 97 minutes


 
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