Jersey Girl (2004 film)

Jersey Girl
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKevin Smith
Written byKevin Smith
Produced byScott Mosier
Starring
CinematographyVilmos Zsigmond
Edited by
  • Kevin Smith
  • Scott Mosier
Music byJames L. Venable
Production
company
Distributed byMiramax Films
Release dates
  • March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09) (New York City)
  • March 26, 2004 (2004-03-26) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$35 million[1]
Box office$35.5 million[1]

Jersey Girl is a 2004 American comedy-drama film written, co-edited and directed by Kevin Smith. It stars Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler with George Carlin (in his final film appearance), Stephen Root, Mike Starr, Raquel Castro, Jason Biggs and Jennifer Lopez in supporting roles. The film follows a widowed man who must learn how to properly take care of his precocious daughter after her mother dies during childbirth.

It was the first film written and directed by Smith not set in the View Askewniverse as well as the first that didn't feature appearances by Jay and Silent Bob, although animated versions of them appear in the View Askew logo at the beginning of the film and the still version at the end. At $35 million, not including marketing costs, it was then Smith's biggest-budgeted film, and was a box office bomb, grossing just $36 million.[2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Masters, Kim (February 3, 2011). "Kevin Smith: 'Alarmist Ninnies' Misinterpreted Sundance Outburst". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 29, 2018.