83 – 13 Going on 30

Nothing says "fun and fizzy tween comedy" like one where a baby Jennifer Garner wishes to be "30, flirty, and thriving" and has her consciousness propelled forward into a multiverse governed by a monkey's paw where she has achieved all her dreams but has destroyed all that is sweet and pure about herself in the process. That's right, our retroactively-themed Sweet and Sour Summer of Teen Angst kicks off with 2004's 13 Going on 30, a 2004 movie nostalgic for 1987 viewed by a bunch of 2022 millennials nostalgic for 2004. Leigh, Brendan, and Chris view a movie considerably better than most of the other ones done on this podcast but still filled with inexplicable and murky moments. What cruel universe would grant a teen girl's wishes but force her to live in an ironic dark timeline? What the hell is Poise about and how will that at all translate to a spur-of-the-moment reworking of the entire magazine? Why would Jennifer Garner throw a shrimp tale on the floor of the bank lobby where her work party is held? All this will be discussed along with a sweet and lemony summer cocktail (and apologies for the weird audio, we had an air conditioner running because it is simply too hot). Continue reading →