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Excellent but underrated film

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Jersey Girl I think is an average movie. Definitely not one of my favorites, but at the same time not the worst movie I've ever seen. The plot of the movie is well thought out and is a good idea for a movie. Ben Affleck who plays Ollie Trinke is a Manhattan music publicist. He later meets the girl of his dreams and she becomes pregnant. However, his life completely changes when she dies while giving birth. He moves back in with his father in New Jersey to raise his daughter, Gertie, by himself. This movie has emotion and drama, but also comedy at the same time. This film is heartwarming because of the way Ollie Trinke steps up to be the best dad he can be. He really ends up caring for his daughter after getting thrown a curve ball of becoming a single dad. This would be a great family movie.

Jersey Girl is kinda a cute film, it's acted well, by Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler and by Jennifer Lopez. Lopez is not in very much of the movie, but she is pretty good in the small part she is In. Liv and Ben have good on screen chemistry together, and you buy their connection. The script is pretty formulaic and run of the mill, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's poorly written or low in quality. Although the script is not cinematic gold, it's doable. There are some comical and humorous lines of dialogue that had me laughing, so the comedy didn't fail. I did like the film's sweet moments of drama, they were good to see. Jason Biggs does not have a very prominent role, but much like Lopez, he does well with his somewhat small portion. This movie does have its flaws, but it's not terrible, 6/10 on my rating scale.

Kevin Smith's first non-View Askewniverse film, this is a rather disjointed affair. Neither Smith's writing nor his direction are up to their usual standard and this is his weakest effort since "Mallrats". It is unabashedly sentimental in comparison to Smith's previous films. The script is hardly original but that would not have been a problem if the plot devices were handled well, which they weren't generally speaking. The ending is nice and sweet though. This is Smith's first film in which Jay and Silent Bob do not appear and, more to the point, the first in which neither he nor Jason Mewes appear. I think that the film was a failed attempt to do something different, to be honest, but at least he tried to do something different. Due to the comparative lack of cursing, it is also the only one of Smith's films (so far) that my mother would watch but I won't be recommending it to her, I'm afraid.Ben Affleck is good as Ollie Trinké but he was better in both "Chasing Amy" and "Dogma" in which he had considerably more interesting roles. Raquel Castro makes a great impression as his daughter Gertie, who is as precocious and adorable as all kids from modern romantic comedies are legally required to be. Jennifer Lopez, the other half of one of the most famous celebrity couples of the 2000s, has about six minutes screen time as her role was cut down severely following the incredibly negative reception of the previous Bennifer film "Gigli". This is one of the major reasons that the films feels so disjointed. George Carlin and Liv Tyler don't get interesting enough material. The best scene is certainly Will Smith's cameo towards the end of the film. Jason Lee and Matt Damon's cameos are nice too.Overall, this is a well-meaning but pretty forgettable film. As with "Mallrats", Smith poked fun at this film's less than stellar reception when he guest starred in "Degrassi: The Next Generation". In dialogue that he wrote himself, he said, "When I was doing 'Jersey Girl', I cut J-Lo out of half the movie. Affleck I wanted to cut him out entirely but then that just would have left that little kid, y'know."

Jersey Girl (2004): Dir: Kevin Smith / Cast: Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, George Carlin, Raquel Castro, Jennifer Lopez: This is the first film Kevin Smith has directed outside his usual psyche and the results are not disappointing. It regards belonging as in Ben Affleck wanting to go back to New York yet has responsibilities in Jersey. He plays a music publicist whose wife dies during childbirth leaving him with a daughter. After being fired at a press conference he moves home to his widowed father. Touching and detailed story directed by Kevin Smith in a departure from his usual comedies that included Clerks and Chasing Amy. Affleck has starred in four films for Smith already and presents among his best work here. He plays a guy pulled in two directions and must accept whom he has become. His best moment arrives during a celebrity chance encounter. Raquel Castro steals scenes as his bright eyed daughter. George Carlin plays Affleck's father who provides humour and wisdom. Then there is Liv Tyler as a video store clerk with her direct attitude in consuming Affleck's affection. Jennifer Lopez makes an effective cameo as Affleck's wife who dies during the birthing. Viewers should excuse the Bennifer media outcry and appreciate how much Smith improved and went opposite the wretched Gigli. Strong theme regarding responsibility and accepting change for the better of someone else. Score: 10 / 10