Movie Review: 13 Going on 30

Plot

Jenna Rink (Christa B. Allen), is a young girl who does not fit with society, wishes to be 30 on her 13th birthday as she strongly desired to escape from reality as she was very unpopular in school. Jenna's best friend, Matt Flamhaff (Sean Marquette), gives her a doll dream house he built for her and a packet of "magic wishing dust" for her birthday, which is sprinkled on the roof of the house. Then, when a prank was pulled on her, she thought that Matt was responsible and she locked herself in a cupboard, wishing desperately that she would turn 30. Then, the magical dust falls on her and her wishes come true.

When she opens her eyes, Jenna finds herself in the future 17 years from then. She found out that she was an editor in her favourite fashion agency, Poise. She thought that she had everything she wanted, she found out that her best friend, Matt, had been engaged and that she was just a shadow of herself in the past. She has lost almost all contact with her parents, and she is having an affair with the husband of Tracy from the art department. Not only is she generally despised by her co-workers, she is suspected of giving her magazine's ideas to a rival publication, Sparkle. She found out that she was untrustworthy and unlikeable as well. How will she feel about her new life? Will she continue to be the person everyone dislikes?

Review

I feel that this movie is very fascinating, as it gives us a perspective of a child's personality in a 30 year old body viewing adult-life, its difficulties and problems and how she sees these problems, and I have learnt that actions lead to consequences, and I feel that this movie is very good-natured and heart-warming, and we should be responsible for our actions.