13 Going On 30

Fluffy escapist nonsense helped considerably by immensely likeable performances from its two leads. On her thirteenth birthday Jenna Rink wishes that she was "flirty, thirty and thriving" before waking up in Jennifer Garner's body. Jenna, now an editor for an ailing magazine, is a bit of a meanie as an adult and comes complete with credit card, bitchy best friend and a jock boyfriend. Panicked, she tracks down her childhood best friend Matt (Ruffalo), who her adult self has lost touch with. In what is essentially a retread of Big, Jenna's childlike enthusiasm manages to save the magazine she works for, she learns that love and friendship are more important than money and status and enjoys a fairy tale ending with Matt.

Garner is pitch perfect as the girl trapped in a woman's body. Awkward, dorky and loveable, she makes the most of the workmanlike script. She's ably supported by Ruffalo, who's just as endearing here as he was in Just Like Heaven. There's a slight tendency for the film to bombard its audience with 80s nostalgia, but at least that does give us the following scene: