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13 Going On 30

Jennifer Garner (as adult Jenna Rink) stands tall in a polka dot summer dress, with skirt blowing in the wind, holding a child's purse and blowing a bubble with her gum.

Eloi Honorable Mention

by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, directed by Gary Winick

Feature Film
Fantasy, Romance, Comedy
YA and Up
Definite Time Travel
English
13 Going on 30 by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, directed by Gary Winick (premiered at an unknown movie theater, Los Angeles, 14 April 2004).

Everything that could go wrong is going wrong for 13-year-old Jenna Rink. If only she could be already grown up in the future!

—Michael Main

I wanna be thirty and flirty and thriving.

Tags

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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

Variants

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13 Going on 30 by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, directed by Gary Winick (premiered at an unknown movie theater, Los Angeles, 14 April 2004).

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Translations

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Chinese (subtitled).
13 Going on 30 by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, directed by Gary Winick (premiered at an unknown movie theater, Los Angeles, 14 April 2004) [We could not find a separate Chinese title.].

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French (dubbed and subtitled).
30 ans sinon rien by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, directed by Gary Winick (premiered at an unknown movie theater, Los Angeles, 14 April 2004).

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Portuguese (dubbed and subtitled).
De repente 30 by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, directed by Gary Winick (premiered at an unknown movie theater, Los Angeles, 14 April 2004).

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Spanish (subtitled).
El sueño de mi vida by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, directed by Gary Winick (premiered at an unknown movie theater, Los Angeles, 14 April 2004).

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Indexer Notes

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Available Languages—determined by the back cover of the DVD.
Time Travel—Despite the Spanish title, El sueño de mi vida, the story is not just a dream as evinced by the clear do-over with Matt at the end.