Jersey Girl Reviews

It has been a while since I have seen this flick and I will probably re-watch it when I get the opportunity. Back then, it was in fact the most expensive movie directed by Kevin Smith but, eventually it was a critical and commercial failure and it is usually regarded as one of the weakest movies made by Smith. Personally, I tend to disagree and I don’t think it was that bad after all. First of all, it was not Smith’s fault that Affleck was going through a very bad period in his career and, just before this movie was released, he had a much publicized split up with Jennifer Lopez. As a result, Lopez’ role was reduced as much as possible and we never actually saw the version meant by Smith. On the other hand, you could argue that Kevin Smith might not be the best director to handle a mainstream rom-com like this one (he did a pretty good job with ‘Chasing Amy’ though). Still, in my opinion, it was a rather believable and sweet romantic feature and the characters involved were interesting enough. To conclude, even though it is obviously not a masterpiece, I think it is actually pretty good and it is worth a look, especially if you are interested in Kevin Smith’s work.