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New York Minute (2004)
Released By: Warner Bros. Pictures   Rating: PG   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Dennie Gordon
Language: English
Official Website: http://www.newyorkminutemovie.com/
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: 8/17/2004
Cast: Eugene Levy, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Riley Smith, Andy Richter, Jared Padalecki
Published ID: 346432
UPC: 085392839520, 085392839421, 012569682122,
Plot: Marking their first theatrical-release feature since 1995's It Takes Two, the Olsen twins bring their adventures back to the big screen with New York Minute. Billed as a sort of Ferris Bueller's Day Off for tweens, the plot involves the escapades of two enterprising Long Island girls, Roxy (Mary-Kate Olsen) and Jane (Ashley Olsen), as they decide to dupe their parents and spend a day on the island of Manhattan. It seems the high-minded Jane has a speech to give to a scholarship committee, while the punky Roxy wants to meet her favorite rock band. When Jane's planner gets swiped, however, the girls find themselves embroiled in a political scandal involving a high-powered senator (Andrea Martin), as their high school's truant officer (Eugene Levy) doggedly pursues them. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
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New York Minute
Added 11/1/2009

This movie has been my favorite Mary-Kate and Ashley movies of all time. Ever since I was little, I used to play this movie all the time. Its hard to enjoy this movie like I used to because I'm grown up and so are they. To this day, I still own every Mary-Kate and Ashley movie!!
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A great amd funny movie!
Added 7/9/2008

This movie is entertaining, interesting, comical, and the best movie I've seen this year! The fact is that I've grown up watching the twins since I was little is why I find them to be great role models of how sisters can be best friends and amazing actresses. Those who say they do not fit their roles because of their maturence in the physical appearance is quite absurd, just because when they get older and they are 40 looking 30 and you're 20 looking 30 doesn't mean that they should be criticized for your jealousy. They decided to go to college which demonstrates that they aren't dumb enough to think fame will last forever. They have a million dollar company... I rebut the argument about their appearance made by those who are jealous. The movie has a great music and is the movie I'd recommend anyone.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Why am I watching this?
Added 4/6/2008

I really have no idea why I actually sat through this movie. I knew from the onset that it was no award-winning show or had anything of substance. The trailer pretty much gave away how cheesy this was. And the entire premise was absurd. But watch it I did. The best thing I can say about that experience is that I can write a truthful review.
Okay, the premise of the movie is pretty standard: twin A (Jane) is the goody-too-shoes, does well in school, and is trying out for a scholarship to Oxford University. Twin B (Roxy) is rebellious, always skipping school, and a punk rocker. (Dad is non-existent and/or oblivious.) As Roxy is taking Jane to New York City for Jane's big speech to win the Scholarship (which is the first time I've ever heard of anything like this), a data chip with pirated music is placed in Roxy's bag. Fake Chinese guy then tries to take it back. All the while, Roxy is trying to evade the truant officer that has been tracking her since forever. The girls run around New York in all sorts of dress or undress, meet two cute guys that become their boyfriends within the 1 hour and 30 minute run time (4 hours movie time), get to crash a hotel, and other absurd activities. And at the end, Jane and Roxy have a girl breakout because each feels overshadowed by the other.
As if this plot doesn't sound appealing enough, you get treated to other stupidities. Both bad guys (truant officer played by Eugene Levy and fake Chinese guy) are incredibly stupid and remind you of someone out of a bad Disney movie. The boyfriends are introduced so rapidly with no chemistry between them and their prospective girlfriends. As I watched each "boyfriend" get forced into a scene, I sunk lower in my seat. I didn't like the sexual connotations imbued in the movie (the girls racing around in their bathrobes, "bumping" into boys, and so forth). The ending is so hokey I wanted to groan (and wish someone would do movie magic in my life). And where is the Dad in all this? After a brief mention of him seeing his girls bodysurfing, he disappears, never to be seen again.
I will admit that there were three good aspects of this movie. The first was a humorous scene where fake Chinese guy calls the twins and demands the chip in exchange for Jane's date planner. The second is how the twins eventually realize that they love each other and need to spend more time with each other. And the last was a cameo appearance from another father...
Overall: don't make my mistake and think their is anything substantial/fun/entertaining in this movie. Just avoid.

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0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Bought movie for my granddaughter!
Added 12/21/2007

My granddaughter loves this movie! She loves anything that stars these two girls! Has to have it!
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
great movie
Added 7/16/2006

After Jane (Ashley) and Roxy's (Mary-Kate) mother dies, they drift apart. Jane is a perfectionist focusing on her future and Roxy is a drummer in a band and could care less about school.

On the same day, they both need to go to NYC: Jane to make a very important speech for college and Roxy to attend a Simple Plan video shoot and give her CD to people who could make them famous.

Everything goes wrong: They get kicked off their train, they get a limo ride from a Chinese man who boot-legs movies and cds and is after them, they sneak into the senator's hotel room to get cleaned up and have to leave fast while they're in towels and bath-robes, a truancy officer is after Roxy, and of course: 2 cute boys they keep "bumping" into and begin dating at the end.

This movie is a crazy, fun, and enteraining film! Fun for the entire family to watch!

1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
New York Minute
Added 11/1/2009

This movie has been my favorite Mary-Kate and Ashley movies of all time. Ever since I was little, I used to play this movie all the time. Its hard to enjoy this movie like I used to because I'm grown up and so are they. To this day, I still own every Mary-Kate and Ashley movie!!
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
A great amd funny movie!
Added 7/9/2008

This movie is entertaining, interesting, comical, and the best movie I've seen this year! The fact is that I've grown up watching the twins since I was little is why I find them to be great role models of how sisters can be best friends and amazing actresses. Those who say they do not fit their roles because of their maturence in the physical appearance is quite absurd, just because when they get older and they are 40 looking 30 and you're 20 looking 30 doesn't mean that they should be criticized for your jealousy. They decided to go to college which demonstrates that they aren't dumb enough to think fame will last forever. They have a million dollar company... I rebut the argument about their appearance made by those who are jealous. The movie has a great music and is the movie I'd recommend anyone.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Why am I watching this?
Added 4/6/2008

I really have no idea why I actually sat through this movie. I knew from the onset that it was no award-winning show or had anything of substance. The trailer pretty much gave away how cheesy this was. And the entire premise was absurd. But watch it I did. The best thing I can say about that experience is that I can write a truthful review.
Okay, the premise of the movie is pretty standard: twin A (Jane) is the goody-too-shoes, does well in school, and is trying out for a scholarship to Oxford University. Twin B (Roxy) is rebellious, always skipping school, and a punk rocker. (Dad is non-existent and/or oblivious.) As Roxy is taking Jane to New York City for Jane's big speech to win the Scholarship (which is the first time I've ever heard of anything like this), a data chip with pirated music is placed in Roxy's bag. Fake Chinese guy then tries to take it back. All the while, Roxy is trying to evade the truant officer that has been tracking her since forever. The girls run around New York in all sorts of dress or undress, meet two cute guys that become their boyfriends within the 1 hour and 30 minute run time (4 hours movie time), get to crash a hotel, and other absurd activities. And at the end, Jane and Roxy have a girl breakout because each feels overshadowed by the other.
As if this plot doesn't sound appealing enough, you get treated to other stupidities. Both bad guys (truant officer played by Eugene Levy and fake Chinese guy) are incredibly stupid and remind you of someone out of a bad Disney movie. The boyfriends are introduced so rapidly with no chemistry between them and their prospective girlfriends. As I watched each "boyfriend" get forced into a scene, I sunk lower in my seat. I didn't like the sexual connotations imbued in the movie (the girls racing around in their bathrobes, "bumping" into boys, and so forth). The ending is so hokey I wanted to groan (and wish someone would do movie magic in my life). And where is the Dad in all this? After a brief mention of him seeing his girls bodysurfing, he disappears, never to be seen again.
I will admit that there were three good aspects of this movie. The first was a humorous scene where fake Chinese guy calls the twins and demands the chip in exchange for Jane's date planner. The second is how the twins eventually realize that they love each other and need to spend more time with each other. And the last was a cameo appearance from another father...
Overall: don't make my mistake and think their is anything substantial/fun/entertaining in this movie. Just avoid.

Brought to you by
*C.S. Light*

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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