Jersey Girl is writer/director Kevin Smith's first "grown-up" film outside his "View Askewniverse" or "Jersey Trilogy" that encompassed his first five films and centered on stoner layabouts Jay and Silent Bob.

Plot outline

Ollie Trinke (Ben Affleck) is a right media publicist in New York City, who loses his married woman (Jennifer Lopez) in childbearing. To refraaround from his grief, Trinke buries himself in his act & ignores his newly girl, Gertie; allowing her in the care of his father (George Carlin). His father eventually forces Trinke to satisfy his responsibility as a parent. Under the stress of job & fatherhood, Trinke assail before of a room good of newsperson. A public outburst costs Trinke his job & he is forced to move around using his father inside New Jersey. Trinke is humbled per case & eventually looks upon his girl approvingly & conviction.

At present blacklisted by all the New York public relations fims, Trinke has tried unsucessfully for years for function as a publicizer. He eventually requires act as a civil servant in the borough where he now survives for by. Gertie (Raquel Castro), now around simple school, typically coaxial cable her father to rent moving-picture show to follow. At a streaming videos store, it meet Maya (Liv Tyler), one of the store's clerks. Maya presently becomes a good friend & a share of their survives.

When the portion of his job in the borough, Trinke finds he has to speak to the class action of umbrageous citizens to convince their approval for the major public works plan he proposes that might temporarily close a street in the front yard. He is successful & understands how else very much he misses a public relations operate. He contacts Arthur (Jason Biggs), his onetime co-fellow worker, world health organization sets higher the promising locate.

The very prospect of moving to Future York creates tension between Trinke & his girl, his father & Maya, however Trinke is absolutely resolved to regain his old status. All the same, when waiting to become interviewed, Trinke has the risk encounter using Will Smith (playing himself), world health organization Trinke experienced trashed at his public outbust years prior to. Smith has there is no idea world health organization Trinke is however their conversation all about operate & tikes makes Trinke decide to sacrifice a previous for the latter. Trinke is suspire to produce to his girl's musical theater performance at a endure 2nd (she wwhen assigned to run a musical total, which, as it turned out, was the just 1 does'nt to become "Memories" from either Cats).

Response to the film

A critics were usually unimpressed using a film & seemed outraged that "maverick" director Kevin Smith experienced never to return "mainstream." a film was non the commercial profits at the pack professional either, making lone $25.Two million domestic help & $10.6 million overseas against the $35 million dollar budget (well Kevin's big) & the $15 million dollar marketing campaign. the film has since off a benefit in videos.

A film was nominated for triad Razzie Awards. Worst Actor for Ben Affleck, Worst Supporting Actress for Jennifer Lopez, & based on data from a handout, "Ben Affleck & EITHER Jennifer Lopez OR Liv Tyler" for Worst On-Screen Couple.

Smith has blamed at least a portion of the film's receptiin on public exhaustion from either a Lopez-Affleck romance & their widely-panned last joint venture Gigli.

A select few critics of Smith view a blackball reaction on a film when the cause for his apostophy test retreat back to the View Askewniverse with "Clerks 2", however that screenplay got been swimming about for a few instance prior to "Jersey Girl" premiered.

Inside response to veto critical reception at release, director Kevin Smith was quoted saying his motion picture was "Not for critics." [http://www.viewaskew.com/news/mar04/2.html]

In the Q&A session on the Mallrats 10th Anniversary Extended Edition DVD Kevin admits that while he feels Mallrats may be his most flawed movie (citing his lack of shooting coverage on the film) but he stated he holds Jersey Girl "in the least regard of all the film we've done." Kevin has been known to go back on his statements though.

A long cut of a film was aired at the Vulgarthon 2005 festival where Ben & Jen spend nearly 40 minutes together prior to Jen's departure from the film.

Raquel Castro won the Young Artist Award for even Best Performance within the Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger for her performance.

Cast
Ben Affleck (Ollie Trinke) Jennifer Lopez (Gertrude Steiney) Liv Tyler (Maya) Raquel Castro (Gertie Trinke) George Carlin (Bart Trinke) Stephen Root (Greenie) Jason Biggs (Arthur Brickman) Will Smith (Himself) Jason Lee (PR Exec. Single) Matt Damon (PR Exec. Two)