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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:May 7, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $14,018,364

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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Having made several direct-to-video forgettables, the Olsens somehow believe they're ready for the big screen. They're not.

Full Review Source: Sympatico.ca | comment Comment
05/06/04
Angela Baldassarre
Angela Baldassarre
Sympatico.ca

The sheer oddness of this moment cannot be overstated, as the Olsens are exemplary narrow-bottomed white girls.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
05/06/04
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

A fire-sale slapstick scenario.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
05/06/04
Scott Foundas
Scott Foundas
L.A. Weekly

More bogus than a Gucci bag for sale on a Fifth Avenue sidewalk.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
05/06/04
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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If it actually lived up to its title and lasted a mere New York minute, it might be tolerable. Unfortunately, it drags on for ninety-three ordinary ones, and it's not.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment Comment
05/06/04
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

The sense of calculation is overwhelming, down to the loose threads on Roxy's Metallica T-shirt.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
05/06/04
Mark Caro
Mark Caro
Chicago Tribune
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So strictly amateur-hour that it could end up as a camp classic.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
05/06/04
Melinda Ennis
Melinda Ennis
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

When Bob Saget is the best thing you have going for you in a movie, you're up the creek ... New York Minute may be the worst movie I have ever seen.

Full Review Source: WaffleMovies.com | comment Comment
05/06/04
Willie Waffle
Willie Waffle
WaffleMovies.com

Aptly named "Minute" moves easily enough (despite) a silly, shallow screenplay laden with so much more absurdity than any screwball comedy should tolerate.

Full Review Source: Sun Newspapers of Cleveland | comment Comment
05/06/04
John Urbancich
John Urbancich
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

Add a full star if you’ve ever wasted an afternoon dreaming up similar adventures with your Barbie dolls.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
05/05/04
Sean O'Connell
Sean O'Connell
Filmcritic.com

The girls learn the value of sisterhood during an afternoon full of freaky encounters with other ethnic groups.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
05/05/04
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off re-enacted by over-sensualized, underage spider-monkeys.

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment Comment
05/05/04
Joshua Tyler
Joshua Tyler
CinemaBlend.com

Will satisfy young girls and dudes horny for Mary-Kate and Ashley, but anyone looking for wit or originality better look elsewhere.

Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | comment Comment
05/05/04
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

Sizzles with unbounded charm.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
05/04/04
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

Harmless, sweet and sprightly — but wholly devoid of original thought.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
05/04/04
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

Shouts out a substantial sense of Girl Power to a large and loyal fan base that can officially count me as one of their number.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
05/04/04
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

The whole project reeks of vanity.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
05/04/04
Ben Kenigsberg
Ben Kenigsberg
Village Voice
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Interesting that the two groups naturally attracted to it are pre-teen girls and dirty old men, and what it does best is teach the one how to be attractive to the other.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
05/04/04
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

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

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/03/04
Brian Lowry
Brian Lowry
Variety
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The movie flows nicely from one wacky episode to the next, and the Olsen girls make pleasant company.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
05/03/04
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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