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New York Minute (2004)

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Reviews Counted:114

Fresh:14

Rotten:100

Average Rating:3.5/10

Consensus: Feels more like a calculated product designed to expand the Olsens' brand than an actual movie. Also, it contains ethnic stereotyping and sexual innuendo.

Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for mild sensuality and thematic elements

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:30-07-2004

Synopsis: Today is the biggest day in the super-organized life of uptight overachiever Jane Ryan (ASHLEY OLSEN). She's due to give a major speech at Columbia University for a competition to win a... Today is the biggest day in the super-organized life of uptight overachiever Jane Ryan (ASHLEY OLSEN). She's due to give a major speech at Columbia University for a competition to win a prestigious scholarship to Oxford University. Meanwhile, her rebellious sister Roxy (MARY-KATE OLSEN) is planning to ditch school and go backstage at a Simple Plan music video shoot in Manhattan, where she'll slip her demo tape to the band's A & R team. Despite having so little in common and so much emotional distance between them, the adversarial sisters reluctantly journey together to the Big Apple, but their plans go wildly awry when a mix-up involving Jane's all-important dayplanner lands them in the middle of a shady black market music piracy scheme. Sidetracked, sideswiped and hotly pursued from Chinatown to Harlem by whacked-out truancy officer (EUGENE LEVY) and a wannabe gangster (ANDY RICHTER), Jane and Roxy reluctantly join forces and find unexpected romance with a charming Senator's son (JARED PADALECKI) and a handsome bike messenger (RILEY SMITH). If Jane doesn't recover her dayplanner - and the crucial speech inside it - she can kiss her college scholarship goodbye. If Lomax finally catches up with Roxy, she'll be drummed out of high school for good. Roxy and Jane seem to have everything going against them…but anything can change in a New York Minute! Joining the cast of the New York Minute cast are DARRELL HAMMOND (Saturday Night Live) as a business executive with bad luck; ANDREA MARTIN (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) as an influential senator; MARY BOND DAVIS (Broadway's Hairspray) as a beautician with a bag of blinged-out tricks; radio personality DR. DREW PINSKY (Loveline) making his feature film debut as Roxy and Jane's dad; and JACK OSBOURNE (The Osbournes), in his feature film debut as Roxy's band manager. [More]

Starring: Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Eugene Levy, Riley Smith

Starring: Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Eugene Levy, Riley Smith, Jared Padalecki, Andy Richter, Darrell Hammond, Andrea Martin, Jack Osbourne, Dr. Drew, Mary Bond Davis

Director: Dennie Gordon

Director: Dennie Gordon
Screenwriter: Emily Fox, Adam Cooper, William Collage
Producer: Denise DiNovi, Robert Thorne, Christine Sacani, Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen
Composer: George S. Clinton
Studio: Warner Bros.

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Separately the characters are annoying; together it's unnervingly like watching one actress playing twins.

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07/30/04
Angie Errigo
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08/07/04
Matthew Turner
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A hectic, overcooked sugar rush of a movie.

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07/20/04
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A passable few hours of screwball teen comedy clichés and two almost-adults running around in nothing but terrycloth towels.

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12/06/05
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Mary-Kate and Ashley sprint through Manhattan on the run from a truant officer and a limo driver in this crisp and professional teenage caper comedy.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/06/04
A.O. Scott
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Having made several direct-to-video forgettables, the Olsens somehow believe they're ready for the big screen. They're not.

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05/06/04
Angela Baldassarre
Angela Baldassarre
Sympatico.ca

The effect isn't just frenetic, unfunny and dull. It's kind of creepy.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
05/07/04
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post

The weakest part of New York Minute turns out to be the Olsen Twins themselves.

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
05/07/04
Anthony D'Alessandro
Anthony D'Alessandro
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[The stars] never attempt to do anything outside their limited range; like, for example, act.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Mercury | comment Comment
11/04/04
Anthony Del Valle
Anthony Del Valle
Las Vegas Mercury

The whole project reeks of vanity.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
05/04/04
Ben Kenigsberg
Ben Kenigsberg
Village Voice

It's generally good policy to be wary of entertainers who are more famous for their product lines than actually performing.

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05/06/04
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic

An off-putting assault of too-screwball comedy with glints of pathos.

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05/03/04
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