The markers of Mark Ruffalo’s being a cool guy are tremendous. Loves Talking Heads at age 13. Has a Taxi Driver poster in his childhood bedroom and a Blue Velvet one in his adult apartment. Larry McMurtry novel on the bookshelf. They didn’t need to do any of this — they could have stopped at his CBGBs shirt — but nah, he is the ultimate movie nice guy. Eat Hot Pockets, Jim Flanagan.
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13 Going on 30 (2004)
Directed By: Gary Winick
Screenplay By: Cathy Yuspa, Josh Goldsmith
Cinematography: Don Burgess
Starring: Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer, Andy Serkis
Released: April 23, 2004
Rewatched: February 17, 2026 (Alamo Drafthouse – Raleigh, NC)

