New York Minute Reviews

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.

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.

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are big business Stateside, with a host of TV shows under their belts. In this film they... read more on Time Out

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.

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.

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are big business Stateside, with a host of TV shows under their belts. In this film they... read more on Time Out

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