Jersey Girl (2004) Critic Reviews

Liv Tyler is a very particular talent who has sometimes been misused by directors more in love with her beauty than with her appropriateness for their story. Here she is perfectly cast.Read the full review

Eloquent and unapologetically cute.Read the full review

Though Smith loses many of his past efforts' familiar trappings--Jay and Silent Bob are now confined to the production-company logo--Jersey Girl plays to Smith's strengths like no film since "Clerks." Read the full review

Smith is looking more and more like a developing major talent, so it could be years until we get a handle on this movie's legacy. The film is not only defensible as a cute one-shot, but also as a positive sign for the future.Read the full review

A bland slab of sentimental hokum that proves even the most smart-alecky of indie auteurs can turn warm and fuzzy on occasion.Read the full review

The film's overall construction is faulty. Its dramatic situations ring consistently false, and the story is phony as anything off the Hollywood assembly line. And yet, it's sincere phony.Read the full review

Affleck is modest and engaging, which keeps the movie out of "Gigli" territory. But it's close. Read the full review

Smith stumbles setting up dramatic confrontations and strains credibility a time or two with implausible moments.Read the full review

A lackluster melodrama with only a few inspired moments. Read the full review