The next morning, Jenna awakens in a luxurious Fifth Avenue apartment – her wish has come true – it is now 2004, and Jenna is 30, with no memory of the intervening 17 years. Humiliated, she tearfully wishes to be "30, flirty, and thriving", as the wishing dust falls on her.
While Jenna waits blindfolded in a closet, expecting to kiss one of the boys, the Six Chicks and the boys leave with their completed homework, and Matty finds Jenna alone. The Six Chicks arrive with the cutest boys in class, and trick Jenna into playing " seven minutes in heaven". Jenna's best friend and next-door neighbor, Matt "Matty" Flamhaff, who is secretly in love with her, gives her a pink dollhouse he made himself, and a packet of "magic wishing dust" he sprinkles on the dollhouse roof. In 1987, geeky Jenna Rink yearns to be popular, but can only persuade the "Six Chicks" – the ruling clique led by "Tom-Tom" – to attend her 13th-birthday party by doing their homework.
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Garner's acting earned her nominations from both the MTV Movie Awards and the Teen Choice Awards. Additionally, the soundtrack charted inside the top 50 on the US Billboard 200 chart.
The film was also a commercial success, earning $22 million in its first week and grossing over $96 million, becoming one of the year's biggest-selling DVD rental titles. It was also praised for its humorous plot and self-empowering message. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with many praising Garner's performance and its nostalgic environment. Shortly after wishing this, she awakens, 30 years old and in 2003, uncertain how she got there. During her birthday party, she is humiliated by her classmates and wishes that she was 30 years old. It follows a 13-year-old girl in 1987 who dreams of being popular. 13 Going on 30 (released as Suddenly 30 in some countries) is a 2004 American fantasy romantic comedy film written by Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith, directed by Gary Winick, and starring Jennifer Garner.