Show II J&CN lately something's changed l3Migon3r don’t want to be original” D snaps young Jenna Rink (Christa B Allen) at die start of ”13 Going on 30” before announcing instead “I want to be cool!” This has a long way to go: In addition to her borderline psychotic crush on Rick Springfield which immediater ly dates the film as a 1980s period piece Jenna also suf-fen from die usual crises of hair clothes and make-u- p When her mother (Kathy Baker) tries dutifully to console her Jama responds with the barbaric yawp of cence: “I don’t want to look beautiful in my own way!” ' On Jenna’s 13th birthday in 1987 she invites to her party ' the coolest girls in school aka the Six Chicks who have clearly been hitting the fashion magazines harder than the algebra books Thrilled to have the mod squad in her rec room Jenna eagerly agrees to play Seven Minutes of Heaven shutting herself in the closet to wait for opportunity — aka the Cutest boy in school — to knock The door opens— but it’s only Matt (Sam Marquette) ha dorky best friend from next door himself suffering middle-school- ‘ er from a bowl haircut and a bad case of unrequited hormones Everyone else has gone home leaving Jama sitting in the dark alone Thoroughly humiliated she whispers a mantra lifted from the cova of "Poise” magazine: ”30 and flirty and thriving 30 and flirty and thriving” Faster than you can say n “There’s no place like Manhattan” Jenna wakes up in 2004 to discover that she now has a perfect life to go with Jennifer Gama’s perfect body although sdll mind that with a has no memory of how she got there Jenna is on die fast track to of “Poise” she is dating a New York Ranger and Madonna wants to gb put with her for margaritas anytime The downside: She knows nothing about layout she doesn’t want to see the Rahgja naked and she can’t hold her liquor Gama whose day job is playing it cool as a super-sp-y on TV’s “Alias” shows a knack for goofy comedy hoe particularly in the energetic early going later in the film as the premise wears thin her smile wears out We’ve seen all this before of course as recently as last summa’s remake of “Freaky Friday” in TEjCgCggtfyr MWh Hvi' We 1 Udesi - Uteclfrom0to4 O w etarimkedegelnet other Wm ptthgeeme gem itMtoubetar drama Chinn That hriletberiye more hnpor-"0e1tm3- Stay" but a tourtar O o rof Its genre u meet of Its genre o E‘ CHKMMMrWAairMf KiflsvarenfiiiiR'Smi- example wsaniiissirtfiimwf arttmitnwfwiiwmws body-swappi- ng body-swappi- ng wide-eye- CD set things right Hie first step reconciling wife Matt (Mark Buffalo) now an artsy photographer in Greenwich Village The best friends stopped speaking after See LENS mi pJ GALLERY DELI COOL FOOD GWRREII'BIS 13 Going On 30 1:13 120 i25 7J0 ri 4:30 700 Lows Of Aftraction 2 m 1:10 4:00 700 940 Mem On Fire 100 400 Alamo V Ellen " 7 v ' 5:35 7:40 945 Mean Girls rcne 7:25 5:20 1:10 9:30 330 3:15 - 1:20 4:15 7:05 905 IAS 400 4:25 705 950 - Out of respect for our actors & audience' Children under 3 will not be admitted $3 v ond LOG AN ARTt CINEMA! 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