13 Going On 30

by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, directed by Gary Winick

• Release: 14 April 2004
• Format: Feature Film
• Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Comedy
• Audience: YA and Up
• Content: Definite Time Travel
• Original Language: English

I wanna be thirty and flirty and thriving.

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TRANSLATIONS

4 translations

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

• Circa AD 1970 to 1999: Jenna’s 13th birthday in 1987.
• Circa AD 2000 to 2099: At age 30.

Timeline Models

• Do Over: A short do-over at the end with Matt coming into the closet.

Time Travel Methods

• Wish Travel: Wishing dust (from Matt) along with “I wanna be thirty and flirty and thriving.”

Themes

• Fix Your Own Future!: Jenna’s insight from being age thirty changes her entire future.
• I’m Old!: From age 13 to age 30.
• Travels into Yourself

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

1. From Jenna’s closet, on her 13th birthday in 1987 ⋙ to 61 51st Street, Apt 7C, New York City, 2004. Round trip. Note: Jenna travels into her 30-year-old body.

INDEXER NOTES (SPOILERS!)

• Available Languages—determined by the back cover of the DVD.
• Time Travel—Despite the Spanish title, <em>El sueño de mi vida,</em> the story is not <a href='tag-3256'>just a dream</a> as evinced by the clear <a href='tag-3295'>do-over</a> with Matt at the end.