Girls, beware (and, yes, let’s say girls because we’re talking to the teenager inside of you): movie 30 years in one second available on Netflix. Don’t act like you don’t care. If there is actually a frivolous and very colorful comedy, which in the early 2000s became unanimously reprehensible pleasureWell that’s right 30 years in one second or, if you like, 13 continues 30. Little Jenna Rink, who struggles to express her desire to grow up and suddenly finds herself in the body of herself at 30 years old (Jennifer Garner), greatly amused us at the time. Well, today this film still has something to tell us: there are at least four reasons why it is worth watching again Netflixalmost twenty years later.

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We know this: today, “let’s see what I will be when I grow up” is a somewhat hackneyed narrative cliché in both film and television. From Large to again 17passing through Family man, we can say that by now we have already abandoned the characters trapped in the body of another self. However, in 30 years in one second is there some more. More. Inside, in fact, we are twenty years later. To be clear, back in 2004, when we watched the movie, we probably empathized with 13-year-old Jenna. Not that we were his age, but of course we also wondered: “Who knows what I will be like when I grow up.” Well, now, almost twenty years later, we know “what she becomes when we grow up” and the sight of this little girl we once rooted for against her “thirty-year-old, victorious and seductive” version leads us straight to the target. ask yourself the following question: “Am I satisfied with the way I have become?”. Unexpectedly, therefore, the unassuming film becomes food for thought because it confronts us with the Jenna Rink in us: what has become of our childhood dreams? Have we lived up to our expectations? And above all: are we the best version of ourselves?

Rogue nostalgia

No matter how you look at it, the 80s still has its own damn charm. In fact, the story begins in 1987 and already in the second frame you will like makeup, put up 13-year-old Jenna’s rainbow, as well as her outfits gaudy ribbons, sneakers, shiny leggings… in short, everything. And when ours is thrown into the future, the mixture of early 2000s and 80s wardrobe is a feast for the eyes. Not that we’re copying it, but it’s definitely uplifting.

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Not speaking about choreography. One of the iconic scenes 30 years in one second no doubt dancing to the tune Thriller From Michael Jackson. Do you remember this? At the magazine party Equilibrium, the guests are bored: no one dances, someone even starts to leave. So Jenna takes matters into her own hands: she goes to the DJ and asks him to wear Thriller. Music is playing, but the hall is still empty. So, she rushes to drag her old friend Matt with her. Once the two start dancing, the choreography becomes infectious and everyone falls to the floor. And we, too, from the sofa, almost want to connect …

Romance beyond the cliché

So yes: there is a nostalgia effect and a suspension plot. Two things that, especially when combined, always work. But there is also a real and healthy dose of malice. In fact, the story makes good use of comic misunderstandings: 30-year-old Jenna has a teenage demeanor, but that’s not the point of the film. Instead one of the leaders holds court romantic stories with a potentially worse ending. We don’t do spoilers (maybe you don’t remember this), but 10 minutes from the end, the writer is tough but fair. There are no discounts. For nobody. If you don’t want to “be original but cool,” as Jenna claimed at 13, here’s what you’ll get: a broken heart. In addition, the entire area is innervated by the speed anger unusual for teen comedies: adult Jenna is terrible, but that’s not what 1987 Jenna was joking about. Against. His frankness is the result of age, not character. So there’s a scratch in the plot that you don’t expect.

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Last but not least, the cast. As the two main characters, namely Jenna and her best friend Matt, Jennifer Garner And Mark Ruffalo. First, there is the post-successful Alias: the legendary series that consecrated her as an action hero to land her the role of Elektra in the film of the same name and in two Netflix series (Daredevil And Defenders). So the transition to romantic comedy was a welcome change of register for her, and aside from too much grimacing, the actress looks convincing. Mark Ruffalo instead it’s a preliminary success Avengers and, it must be admitted, he appears in a dazzling form: he breaks through the screen and from the 1st minute you root for him. For all those still in #TeamRuffalo, he and Garner are back in a movie together. Project Adam. Finally, we finish with a little gem: on the cover Equilibrium dominates Jennifer Lopez. During filming, Garner had just had an affair with Ben Affleck who broke up with J. Lo… However, as we know, the Bennifers would find each other again, and now, after seeing this cover of Lopez, you almost start to think of a prophetic warning…