aka Suddenly 30
Plot synopsis
Jenna Rink has just become a teenager, but wishes she were “thirty, flirty and thriving.” She is repeating the mantra over and over when some wishing dust falls off a dollhouse onto her head. She wakes up to find she has time-travelled 17 years into the future and now has the mind of a 13-year-old but the body of a 30-year-old.
She is a good-looking, single and a successful magazine editor. However, she does not like the person she has become and regrets that she pushed away Matt, her best friend at school because he was considered uncool. The same wishing dust is still on the dollhouse when she finds it again and a wind blows some of it onto her, sending her back to her 13th birthday party.
She changes the decisions she made at that time, and we fast forward to her marrying Matt. This is a feel-good movie. One of those movies that makes us believe that we can rid ourselves of regret by going back and changing things for the better.
My comments
Jenna travels to her future and then travels back in time to make changes to her childhood. The film then fast-forwards along the new timeline where we discover that she has created a better future for herself.
Summary of time travel
Jenna never goes back in time before her present, so the past is unchanged. After a return trip to her future, she makes changes to her present, which cause her destiny to change, so the future is also open and the timeline diverging.
Category of time travel
Fantasy: magic
Model of time
Undefined past, open future with a diverging timeline.
