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The Olsen Twins have come a long way since playing the cutesy
tot of sitcom “Full House”. For starters, they’re
now 18, not 8 months, and thanks to a range of top-selling
direct to video movies, TV series and other miscellaneous
merchandise, they’re about the richest two twins –
heck, youngsters – in the world.
“New York Minute” mightn’t be their first
attempt at a major studio pic –that honour belongs to
early 90’s blunder “It Takes Two” in which
they co-starred with Kirstie Alley and Steve Guttenberg –
but it’s definitely a step up from what they’re
use to.
Firstly, the girls are all grown up. Looking all of their
18 years, they use the film as some sort of billboard to let
everyone know – especially those that still think of
them as the tot Michelle on the aforesaid sitcom - that they’re
now an adult force to be reckoned with.
And from the skimpy outfits they get around in – they
seem to be wearing nothing but a towel for a large part of
the film – and racier themes – boys, snakes in showers,
getting about in the buff – they at least succeed in
that. There’s also been significantly more money spent
on this film for a start – heck, co-star Eugene Levy’s
price-tag would’ve risen slightly since American Pie
for a start.
What the twins don’t succeed in doing here though is
entertaining the audience as a whole. Ok, so the eleven year
old girl pack in the front row might be entertained, and so
might be the 15 year old boy looking for a meagre shufti of
Olsen leg, but other than that, there’s nothing really
here to offer anyone.
Even the cutesy blonde twins stern fan base is likely to
see through the translucent garbage of a plot and realise
the girls are pretty much working off the cuff. Sure, Mary-Kate
and Ashley are quite amiable and even palpably gifted, but
you’d think they would have chosen their first major
studio ‘tweeny’ effort a little more vigilantly.
They probably could’ve done without human ball-of-yarn
Jack Osbourne in their film too.
DVD Extras
If you’re a glutton for punishment, stick around for
the DVD extras.
There’s a quarter-hour featurette on the film’s
making, where the film’s director barefacedly robs Andy
Tennant’s claim of being the first person to put the
Olsen twins into a movie (fans will of course know that Tennant
put the twins in his late 90's dud It Takes Two).
In addition, there’s a three minute blooper reel (Jack
Osbourne finds Eugene Levy rather amusing it seems –
hence the multiple takes it required to shoot the formers
scene), a short "Mary-Kate and Ashley's Behind-the-Scenes
Slide Show" bit, and the obligatory trailer.
Conclusion: Movie 50% Extras 60%
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