Make no question about it, the Olsen twins of Ashley and Mary-Kate have literally come a long way. They were stars before they were able to talk as they shared the role of Michelle Tanner on the long-running series "Full House" to starring in tv specials and direct-to-video movies, speading joy and happiness to children with their misadventures only for them to emerge triumphant in the end. Now all grown up (sort of) the Olsens have now brought their energy to the big screen as they journey to New York in their latest adventure "New York Minute". As the leading stars Ashley and Mary-Kate play twins Jane and Roxy Ryan each venturing through Manhattan for different purposes, but one thing that remains the same, they each run into all sorts of chaotic mischief.
The film's pacing truly is apropos to the title as it breezes by in a New York minute providing the right amout of energy and comedy for a light-weight family oriented movie that will not leave its younger audience restless. The older generation might find the pacing to be tedious and illogical, but this film is not set for the older audience. If you have teens around the ages of 12-17 years old-they will have the time of their lives.
All happening on a single solidary day, the twins carry a lot of baggage in their hands. They are seen traveling in a wide variety of vehicles while being chased around by desperate people who are after them. They attend a rock concert, trek through the sewer pipes, take down a group who's pirating videos, delivering an important speech to get into an Ivy League university in Great Britain, fall in love and try to rectify the fall-out relationship between the sibling. For a 90 minute film, that's a lot to cover.
Jane is the serious twin, it is her mission to be in Manhattan to deliver a speech which would recommend her a scholarship to a highly ranked University in Great Britain. She may be an overachiever and very smart beyond her years, she's also very neurotic and insecure. Meanwhile Roxy is the more laid-back wayward twin. Her reason for this trip to Manhattan is to attend a Simple Plan rock concert and to hand in a video demo to. All the while they are being chased by a video pirating ring who placed a chip in one of their bags and an obsessed truant officer who wants to pursue Roxy who's been missing too many school days.
The younger audience might be in shock that the twins use some vulgar language in their dialogue which might not surprise some being that they're teenagers. However, it will surprise others being that it's hard to settle in to hear them speak like that knowing that there was a time they couldn't or can barely talk at all during their "Full House" years. Sure the twins are pretty comfortable sharing screen time together as they are comfortable together in real life. The sad thing is that the pairing up together can be problematic for their careers. There's not many scripts that's out there for twins, plus with the enhancement of CGI that can make duplicates of perforners, it might be simpler and less profitable to hire a single performer and make a computer enhanced duplicate of said performer. I also feared at the competitiveness that comes with starring in big pictures. One sibling might compete for the same role and that they won't be able to pull off with what they did in the 1980's and 1990's when they starred as Michelle Tanner on "Full House". Fortunately that didn't happen as they pulled away from their acting days to concentrate more on their fasion careers.
The Olsen twins aren't the only performers who are in on the comedy factor of this movie. Veteran performers Andy Richter and Eugene Levy steal every scene they are in. Richter is wonderful as Bennie Bang a subservient deviant behind a corrupt piracy ring led by a Chinese proprietress. He remains loyal to her by passing himself as Chinese (even though he's Caucasian). Though he might be riding a slippery slope in terms of cultural appropriation, Richter succeeds be keeping his character funny without trying to make his character offensive.
Levy, who has been a comic legend for over 5 decades, shows great depth of comedy by playing truant officer Max Lomax who's hot in pursuit of Roxy. His determination is at a similar level to Tommy Lee Jones' character U. S. Marshal Sam Gerard in the 1993 thriller "The Fugitive". Every time you think he caught Roxy, she always seems to slip by him. There's a lot of cat and mouse chases in this movie.
Under the direction of Dennie Gordon who directed the cult classic "What a Girl Wants", the way she plays off Manhattan really pays off (though the filming was actually in Toronto). The adventures through the sleepless urban settings is put to good use and takes these cat and mouse chases to great effect. Gordon seems to have a great connection to these young teenaged twins being that she was a teen herself. And though the romantic scenes with their lovers. Trey and Jim (Jared Padalecki and Riley Smith) may not be the focal point of this movie, it still passes off as belieavable being that it feels like typical teenage crushes.
Under the script from Emily Fox, Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, they seem to pay homage to 1930's fine line of motherless daughters. With the death of their mother, the sister-sister relationship has fallen apart. We get the feeling of sympathy from the twins as they try to move forward from the grief and anxiety and that the loss of parent at a young age can be quite stressful to both of them as they look for an escape to get away from it (Jane enrolling in Great Britain and Roxy starting a music career).
In spite of some material that might seem illogical and predictable, "New York Minute" stands alone as long-time coming for the Olsen twins to transition themselves to the big screen and they did quite well. The chases were fun and exciting, and shows that even as later teens, the Olsens can still have a mass appeal towards its younger audience. The issues they face can equally balance what is real and what is surreal. Brace youself kids out there don't miss a second of this movie because it'll all be over in a New York minute.
The film's pacing truly is apropos to the title as it breezes by in a New York minute providing the right amout of energy and comedy for a light-weight family oriented movie that will not leave its younger audience restless. The older generation might find the pacing to be tedious and illogical, but this film is not set for the older audience. If you have teens around the ages of 12-17 years old-they will have the time of their lives.
All happening on a single solidary day, the twins carry a lot of baggage in their hands. They are seen traveling in a wide variety of vehicles while being chased around by desperate people who are after them. They attend a rock concert, trek through the sewer pipes, take down a group who's pirating videos, delivering an important speech to get into an Ivy League university in Great Britain, fall in love and try to rectify the fall-out relationship between the sibling. For a 90 minute film, that's a lot to cover.
Jane is the serious twin, it is her mission to be in Manhattan to deliver a speech which would recommend her a scholarship to a highly ranked University in Great Britain. She may be an overachiever and very smart beyond her years, she's also very neurotic and insecure. Meanwhile Roxy is the more laid-back wayward twin. Her reason for this trip to Manhattan is to attend a Simple Plan rock concert and to hand in a video demo to. All the while they are being chased by a video pirating ring who placed a chip in one of their bags and an obsessed truant officer who wants to pursue Roxy who's been missing too many school days.
The younger audience might be in shock that the twins use some vulgar language in their dialogue which might not surprise some being that they're teenagers. However, it will surprise others being that it's hard to settle in to hear them speak like that knowing that there was a time they couldn't or can barely talk at all during their "Full House" years. Sure the twins are pretty comfortable sharing screen time together as they are comfortable together in real life. The sad thing is that the pairing up together can be problematic for their careers. There's not many scripts that's out there for twins, plus with the enhancement of CGI that can make duplicates of perforners, it might be simpler and less profitable to hire a single performer and make a computer enhanced duplicate of said performer. I also feared at the competitiveness that comes with starring in big pictures. One sibling might compete for the same role and that they won't be able to pull off with what they did in the 1980's and 1990's when they starred as Michelle Tanner on "Full House". Fortunately that didn't happen as they pulled away from their acting days to concentrate more on their fasion careers.
The Olsen twins aren't the only performers who are in on the comedy factor of this movie. Veteran performers Andy Richter and Eugene Levy steal every scene they are in. Richter is wonderful as Bennie Bang a subservient deviant behind a corrupt piracy ring led by a Chinese proprietress. He remains loyal to her by passing himself as Chinese (even though he's Caucasian). Though he might be riding a slippery slope in terms of cultural appropriation, Richter succeeds be keeping his character funny without trying to make his character offensive.
Levy, who has been a comic legend for over 5 decades, shows great depth of comedy by playing truant officer Max Lomax who's hot in pursuit of Roxy. His determination is at a similar level to Tommy Lee Jones' character U. S. Marshal Sam Gerard in the 1993 thriller "The Fugitive". Every time you think he caught Roxy, she always seems to slip by him. There's a lot of cat and mouse chases in this movie.
Under the direction of Dennie Gordon who directed the cult classic "What a Girl Wants", the way she plays off Manhattan really pays off (though the filming was actually in Toronto). The adventures through the sleepless urban settings is put to good use and takes these cat and mouse chases to great effect. Gordon seems to have a great connection to these young teenaged twins being that she was a teen herself. And though the romantic scenes with their lovers. Trey and Jim (Jared Padalecki and Riley Smith) may not be the focal point of this movie, it still passes off as belieavable being that it feels like typical teenage crushes.
Under the script from Emily Fox, Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, they seem to pay homage to 1930's fine line of motherless daughters. With the death of their mother, the sister-sister relationship has fallen apart. We get the feeling of sympathy from the twins as they try to move forward from the grief and anxiety and that the loss of parent at a young age can be quite stressful to both of them as they look for an escape to get away from it (Jane enrolling in Great Britain and Roxy starting a music career).
In spite of some material that might seem illogical and predictable, "New York Minute" stands alone as long-time coming for the Olsen twins to transition themselves to the big screen and they did quite well. The chases were fun and exciting, and shows that even as later teens, the Olsens can still have a mass appeal towards its younger audience. The issues they face can equally balance what is real and what is surreal. Brace youself kids out there don't miss a second of this movie because it'll all be over in a New York minute.