Jersey Girl

It's a clever move because their scenes together are so convincing we can easily believe that handsome Ben Affleck would not look at another woman for the seven years that pass after he ruins his career and moves back to New Jersey to live with his no-nonsense father Bart (George Carlin). ... Full Review

Because, you know, Jersey Girl was bleak, and it was dark, and, um... Still, we can definitely see Kevin Smith's tactic here - by bragging about what a notoriously disgusting movie he's written, Red State 's bound to build up a swell of internet popularity, and that might just be enough to push it over the top. ... Full Review

Those three things which wax and wane in importance are English language and wordplay; secondly, mundane, everyday observational comedy dogs, cats and all that stuff; and thirdly, sociopolitical attitude comedy. ... Full Review

Jersey Girl is good-hearted entertainment that goes down easy.....here, working with a real writer-director, they're charming enough to make you forget that idiotic animal-crackers scene..... ... Full Review

Oh, and he also did Jersey Girl - a small, heartfelt film that's actually quite good if you give it a chance... The long-awaited sequel to Smith's debut flick, Clerks II , arrives in theaters August 18th (check out the video blogs at www.clerks2.com , and Kevin and the fine folks at View Askew decided to send over an exclusive "Train Wreck" (as the behind-the-scenes vids are affectionately known) for all of you IGNers. ... Full Review

July 18, 2005 -- "Jersey Girl" is a romantic comedy seriously marred by a clunky plot and a couple of characters that are hard to sympathize with. The real scene stealer is young Raquel Castro, a child actress who seems wise beyond her years. ... Full Review

DAVID: Yet, I think the acting is really quite good. You have to feel sorry for Ben Affleck, he's asked to cry a lot in close-up and perform the most unbelievably sentimental scenes. ... Full Review

Jersey Girl" is so by-the-numbers, so depressingly average, that I'm tempted to believe Smith is PARODYING by-the-numbers, depressingly average films. If anyone else had made it, I would dismiss it as a mildly diverting, occasionally humorous fluff film and forget I ever saw it. ... Full Review

The commentary tracks are, in fact, more amusing and provocative than the film proper. The new movie is at once clumsily structured and cozy Bad time, dark year," observes Smith, hooking it to the movie that's running beneath their voices. ... Full Review

The new movie is at once clumsily structured and cozy It's less worrisome that he's faced with an either-or choice, or that he chooses the nominally conservative option, than it is that Kevin Smith structured the film so that no other resolution even seems possible. ... Full Review