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35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe rare commercial comedy that leaves you entranced by what can happen only in the movies.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliSolidly entertaining.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttDoes a good job of reviving stale material. Thanks to a snappy script by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa and an effervescent performance by Jennifer Garner, this romantic comedy has a buoyant personality.
- 70VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonA star vehicle composed of second-hand parts that nevertheless gets great mileage (and big laughs) from its recycled plot.
- 50The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsCheers and many happy returns to Garner as she makes her first starring film role. She's the real deal. But jeers to every other aspect of 13 Going On 30.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceAnyway, the thirtysomething in me was all, gag me with a spoon, but the kid in me was like, this movie's rad to the max.
- 50L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasThe director of 13 Going on 30, Gary Winick, was unable to infuse this material with either the sustained screwball cadences of his earlier "Tadpole" or an emotional resonance comparable to that of his superb "The Tic Code."
- 50Chicago TribuneMark CaroChicago TribuneMark CaroPlays like it was made by people who are 30 going on 13. The movie is as flighty and mixed up as the adolescent girl at its center.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittYou won't find a load of laughs in 13 Going on 30, but there's plenty of whimsy, which is a close cousin of genuine humor.
- 40Dallas ObserverRobert WilonskyDallas ObserverRobert WilonskyWhat could have been an engaging, maybe even enlightening story about the unfairly high price a woman pays for conducting herself like a man winds up as nothing more than a worthless, harmless and ultimately charmless piffle.