Jersey Girl
Miramax Films | Release Date: March 26, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
17
Negative:
9
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
SalonStephanie Zacharek
As an ode to fatherhood, Jersey Girl is sweet without being particularly deep; but Smith is really onto something when he nudges against the ways in which the geographic landscape of a life merges with the genetic one. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineAngel Cohn
Overall it's an enjoyable cruise down the Garden State Parkway, and Affleck and Castro are charming companions. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
For all of its good-natured guff, Jersey Girl chooses uncomplicated sentiment over the messy complications of real life. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
Mainly bad, and a shockingly bland departure from a hitherto spunky guy. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
The film's overall construction is faulty. Its dramatic situations ring consistently false, and the story is phony as anything off the Hollywood assembly line. And yet, it's sincere phony. Read full review
50
PremiereAaron Hillis
Jersey Girl may have come from his soul, but it contradicts the charm of a Kevin Smith movie. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
A lackluster melodrama with only a few inspired moments. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Smith stumbles setting up dramatic confrontations and strains credibility a time or two with implausible moments. Read full review
50
VarietyJoe Leydon
A bland slab of sentimental hokum that proves even the most smart-alecky of indie auteurs can turn warm and fuzzy on occasion. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Affleck is modest and engaging, which keeps the movie out of "Gigli" territory. But it's close. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
In Jersey Girl, Kevin Smith wears his heart on his sleeve - and on his pants, socks, boxers and backward-facing baseball cap. Read full review
50
New York PostMegan Lehmann
Startlingly immature. Read full review
50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Smith has called friend Ben Affleck his muse, and this picture is just as bland and superficially pleasant as its star. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Combines absurd male fantasy and grating chick-flick cliche. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
For some four fifths of its length, Jersey Girl is as square as a turnpike-diner place mat. Read full review
40
EmpireOlly Richards
Sweet, formulaic entertainment, but occasionally clunky. Read full review
40
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
Smith used to make movies to make fun of movies like Jersey Girl; now he's just another guy working the assembly line, which won't make you a sell-out if no one buys it. Read full review
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