New York Minute (film)
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| Directed by | Dennie Gordon |
| Produced by | Denise Di Novi Ashley Olsen Mary-Kate Olsen Robert Thorne Executive producer Alison Greenspan Co-producer Christine A. Sacani Jill Zimmerman |
| Written by | Emily Fox Adam Cooper Bill Collage |
| Starring | Mary-Kate Olsen Ashley Olsen Eugene Levy Andy Richter Riley Smith Jared Padalecki Drew Pinsky |
| Music by | George S. Clinton Michael Muhlfriedel |
| Cinematography | Greg Gardiner Sandi Sissel |
| Editing by | Roderick Davis Michael Jablow |
| Studio | Di Novi Pictures Dualstar Entertainment C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | May 4, 2004 (Tribeca) May 7, 2004 |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million |
| Box office | $21,289,826 |
New York Minute is a 2004 American teen comedy film starring Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen and Eugene Levy. It was directed by Dennie Gordon and released on May 7, 2004. In the film Mary-Kate and Ashley play twins with opposing personalities who have a series of misadventures around New York City. New York Minute reunited Mary-Kate and Ashley with their Full House co-star, Bob Saget. It is the Olsen twins' first theatrical film since the 1995 film It Takes Two and is the last film in which the two worked together, to date.
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[edit] Plot
New York Minute follows 17 year old identical twin sisters Roxanne "Roxy" Ryan and Jane Ryan on a wild romp through the streets, subways and sewers of Manhattan during one unforgettable day. Uptight overachiever Straight A Student Jane (Ashley Olsen), up for a scholarship at Oxford University, has a major speech to give while laid-back rock rebel Roxy (Mary-Kate Olsen) hopes to get backstage at a video shoot and slip her demo tape to the band. But Jane's and Roxy's plans go wildly awry and the two must join together when a mix-up involving Jane's all-important day planner lands them in the middle of a black market music piracy scheme. Sidetracked, sideswiped and chased from Chinatown to Times Square to Harlem by everyone from assassins to politicians to a whacked-out truancy officer (Eugene Levy), the sisters also find unexpected romance in the form of a Senator's bad-boy son (Supernatural's Jared Padalecki) and a cute bike messenger (Riley Smith).
[edit] Cast
- Mary-Kate Olsen as Roxanne "Roxy" Ryan
- Ashley Olsen as Jane Ryan
- Eugene Levy as Maxamillion "Max" Lomax
- Andy Richter as Benajamin "Bennie" Bang
- Riley Smith as James "Jim", the bike messenger
- Jared Padalecki as Trey Lipton
- Drew Pinsky as Dr. Ryan
- Darrell Hammond as Hudson McGill
- Andrea Martin as Senator Anne Lipton
- Alannah Ong as Ma Bang
- Mary Bond Davis as Big Shirl
- Bob Saget as Himself
- Jack Osbourne as Justin
- Joey Klein as Truant at Pool
- Neil Crone as Officer Strauss
- Garen Boyajian as Manjhur
- Jonathan Wilson as Train Conductor
- Boyd Banks as Ticket Window Guy #1
- Silver Kim as Asian guy with chip
- Frank Welker as Reinaldo's Vocal Effects
- Pierre Bouvier as Himself
- Chuck Comeau as Himself
- Sébastien Lefebvre as Himself
- David Desrosiers as Himself
- Jeff Stinco as Himself
- Simple Plan as Themselves
- Naked Cowboy as Himself (uncredited)
[edit] Reception
New York Minute was neither a box office success nor a critical success. Roger Ebert & Richard Roeper gave the film a "two thumbs down" on the television show Ebert & Roeper. Aggregate movie review web site Rotten Tomatoes listed a critic score of 11% for the film, the consensus stating, Feels more like a calculated product designed to expand the Olsens' brand than an actual movie. Also, it contains ethnic stereotyping and sexual innuendo.
The film was nominated for two Razzie Awards: Worst Actress and Worst Screen Couple for the Olsen twins.
Despite the negative reception, some reviews were positive and the film was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice Blush Scene.
[edit] Box office
The film's opening weekend earned $5.96 million, the fifth lowest ever for any film playing at over 3,000 theatres. The film eventually went on to gross $14.07 million domestically and $7.22 million overseas.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "New York Minute". Boxofficemojo.com. 2008. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=newyorkminute.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
[edit] External links
- New York Minute
- New York Minute at the Internet Movie Database
- New York Minute at AllRovi
- Mary-kateandashley.com
- Warnerbros website
- New York Minute at Rotten Tomatoes
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