New York Minute (2004/I)

Director:

Dennie Gordon

Writers (WGA):

Emily Fox (story)
Emily Fox (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

7 May 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

One day in New York City, as Jane Ryan tries out for an overseas college program and her sister Roxy schemes to meet her favorite punk rockers...

Plot Keywords:

Senator | Dog | New York City | Scholarship | Dream

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ashley Olsen	...	Jane Ryan
Mary-Kate Olsen	...	Roxy Ryan
Eugene Levy	...	Max Lomax
Andy Richter	...	Bennie Bang
Riley Smith	...	Jim, The Bike Messenger
Jared Padalecki	...	Trey Lipton
Drew Pinsky	...	Dr. Ryan (as Dr. Drew Pinsky)
Darrell Hammond	...	Hudson McGill
Andrea Martin	...	Senator Anne Lipton
Alannah Ong	...	Ma Bang
Mary Bond Davis	...	Big Shirl
Bob Saget	...	Himself
Jack Osbourne	...	Justin
Joey Klein	...	Truant at Pool
Neil Crone	...	Officer Strauss

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild sensuality and thematic elements.

Runtime:

USA:91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | Canada:G (all jurisdictions) | USA:PG (certificate #40747) | Ireland:PG | France:U | South Korea:12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Finland:K-7 | Germany:o.Al. | Netherlands:MG6 | Singapore:PG | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Columbia University - Broadway & 116th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Mary-Kate Olsen (Roxy) had to learn how to drive a stick shift for this movie.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Max Lomax chases the twins through New York with the big van, at one point the twins think they lost him, but then they find out he's next to them. They turn to the right to look at him, but you can in fact see through the rear window that the van is actually still behind them.

Quotes:

Jane Ryan: Just so we're clear, I'd like a more corporate bling.

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Soundtrack:

Tear Off Your Own Head

Why did I even bother?

My girlfriend has a thing going for the Olsen twins (no, not that kind of thing), and I decided to go along with it and watch New York minute with her. What I got? An easy to digest, easy to forget, silly and rather stupid little movie. Just what I expected.

The twins are divided into the extremely original barbie-wild girl types who decide in the end they truly love each other. You know, after 90 minutes (oh, if it only lasted 1 minute!) of arguing and stuff.

Everybody's happy in this one, so the girls meet some cute guys and even the bad guys have a certain charm (it's Andy everybody! Man, where have you been?). And when the girls get lost in Harlem they're just gonna get their hair cut. Uh-huh.

Only watchable because of Levy and our main man, Mr. Andy Richter. Otherwise: ouch. 3/10.