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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen prove they've graduated from their child protege status with this sassy comedy from director Dennie Gordon (WHAT A GIRL WANTS). The teenage duo play Long Island-based twins Roxy (Mary-Kate) and Jane (Ashley), who may be identical in appearance, but rarely see eye-to-eye in their personal lives. On a .. Read more

Starring Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Eugene Levy, Andy Richter
Director Dennie Gordon
Genres Family

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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen prove they've graduated from their child protege status with this sassy comedy from director Dennie Gordon (WHAT A GIRL WANTS). The teenage duo play Long Island-based twins Roxy (Mary-Kate) and Jane (Ashley), who may be identical in appearance, but rarely see eye-to-eye in their personal lives. On a Manhattan-bound train, the rebellious Roxy plans on cutting class, attending a rock video shoot, and presenting her demo tape to the band's manager. Meanwhile, the straight-laced Jane is heading to Columbia University, where she hopes to gain a college scholarship. Disaster strikes when the duo are unceremoniously dumped from the train, and a shady criminal places a microchip in Roxy's bag. Help is at hand in the form of Bennie Bang (Andy Richter), who offers the twins a ride in his limo. But he is actually after the microchip they unknowingly possess. Fleeing his clutches, Jane leaves her precious dayplanner in the car, and a screwball chase around Manhattan begins. Bennie is in hot pursuit, but so is Max Lomax (Eugene Levy), Roxy's truancy officer who is determined to catch the errant twin. Some crazy capers throughout the Big Apple ensue, and various set pieces are engineered to show off the vivacious and endearing charms of the two sisters. Levy and Richter give suitably wacky turns in their supporting roles, and the city of New York provides a glorious backdrop for the Olsens' acting talents.

Starring Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Eugene Levy, Andy Richter, Riley Smith, Jared Padalecki
Director Dennie Gordon
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 27 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate PG.gif
Genres Family
Language English
Released DVD: 14 Feb 2005
Production year: 2004
Format DVD

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    New York Minute was selected to be Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's first “grown-up” movie, building on their phenomenally successful careers as child actors. While its reception will be overshadowed by Mary-Kate's recent problems with an eating disorder, this effervescent but predictable comic adventure would have had little appeal beyond their loyal adolescent fans in any case. The film evidently tries to demonstrate the twin teens' very individual personalities: Mary-Kate's school-skipping rebel heads to New York to slip her rock band's demo to music executives and is accompanied by her overachieving sibling who's there to compete for a university scholarship. As chaos ensues, the duo shine, thanks to spot-on timing and natural delivery — to be expected of professionals who began their career at the age of one — but the supporting performances are weak, with a particularly awful cameo by Jack Osbourne.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • The infant phenonmena that were the Olsen twins hardly registered outside the USA. Now in their late teens, they star in a vehicle that is both twee and raucous and will ensure that their appeal remains a local one.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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  • 11 out of 12 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Good Family film

    Forget the kids I am 50 and I though it was a good Family Film.

    The Olson twins have come off age.

    Can Not wait for there next outing.

      • A customer from derbyshire
      • Posted 01 May 2005 09:11

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  • 4 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    My 8 year old daughter loved it

    If your kids are into the Olsen twins then this is a must rent. I may have to see if I can buy a copy now..

      • A customer from Hants UK
      • Posted 13 Apr 2005 12:33

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    • 26 Oct 2009

    Former child star Jodie Sweetin has confessed she once walked the red carpet at an Olsen twins movie premiere high on drugs. The actress, who co-starred with the Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen in beloved U.S. TV show Full House, has admitted she was stoned when she attended the 2004 movie screening for New York Minute after she snorted methamphetamines in a bathroom. She says, "I was pulling off the deceit. It was hard for people to believe I was doing that much drugs. I look at photos from that... Read more

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