I don’t know *what* was going on in the world in 2004, but Jersey Girl is just delightful. The big school review and George Carlin’s last scene with Affleck…*sniffles* I’m not crying, you’re crying.

Full Review | Jun 15, 2022

This film should have been much better than it is.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Sep 12, 2020

The result, a heartfelt, sweet and funny love letter to fatherhood.

Full Review | Nov 13, 2019

A gem that is bound to be misconstrued.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 18, 2019

Director Kevin Smith's first non-View Askewniverse effort...

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 29, 2018

But the formulaic nature of ``Jersey Girl'' and its unabashed embrace of suds makes it awfully sweet stuff. ``Jersey Girl'' is [Kevin] Smith at his most tender but not, alas, at his most original.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 2, 2018

I enjoyed the movie quite a bit... Unfortunately, Smith cannot resist his old stand-bys.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 17, 2016

Formulaic script and uneven tone. Disappointing.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 24, 2010

A cloying attempt at mainstream fodder...

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 29, 2009

Jersey Girl obeys the classic conventions of romantic comedy but there are ingredients in this mix that raise it a notch above average.

Full Review | Oct 18, 2008

The script stoops to cheap gags that undercut Affleck's efforts to sustain a believable character.

Full Review | Jun 23, 2008

Jersey Girl marks a low point for the tubby New Jersey auteur.

Full Review | Jun 23, 2008

Mature and heartfelt, though not overly saccharine.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Sep 24, 2007

It takes more than a couple of dirty one-liners to retain your edge in light, predictable fare.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 29, 2006

Affleck is at ease in this down-to-earth drama in a way that he never seems to be in his action movies, and Castro seems like a genuine child instead of like a child actor.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 25, 2006

Smith reinvents the romantic-comedy by making a film about a man in love with his kid.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 22, 2006

In several ways Jersey Girl is more appealing than Clerks or Mallrats.... Nonetheless, it lacks the smart observational-humor edge and often thoughtful boldness -- and, most frustratingly, the promise -- of Chasing Amy or Dogma.

Full Review | Apr 5, 2006

A romantic comedy seriously marred by a clunky plot and a couple of characters that are hard to sympathize with.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Jul 20, 2005

Jersey Girl emerges as Kevin Smith's most polished effort to date, but not his funniest.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jun 20, 2005

People who find Smith's work too brazen or fringe will really fall for this picture, likewise those easily pleased by this genre will enjoy. Hardcore fans may be very upset by Smith doing something so ordinary and even mundane.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 2, 2005