Claim: Liv Tyler acts.

Jersey Girl is a 2004 American comedy-drama film written , co-edited and directed by Kevin Smith . It stars Ben Affleck , Liv Tyler , George Carlin , Stephen Root , Mike Starr and Raquel Castro . It was the second film where Affleck and Tyler played a couple , following 1998 's Armageddon . The film follows a man who must take care of his precocious daughter in the midst of a tragedy .   It was the first film written and directed by Smith not to be set in the View Askewniverse as well as the first not to feature appearances by Jay and Silent Bob , although animated versions of them appear in the View Askew logo . At $ 35 million , it was Smith 's biggest-budgeted project but went on to become a box office bomb , grossing just $ 36 million .