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) | Ireland:PG | USA:PG (certificate #40747) | 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:

The "microchip" is a SecureDigital memory card

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:

Bennie Bang: [on the phone] You took my chip.
Jane Ryan: Roxy, did you eat this man's chips?
Roxy Ryan: No.
Jane Ryan: You sure?
Roxy Ryan: I didn't eat his chips.
[to the phone]
Roxy Ryan: I didn't eat your chips.
Jane Ryan: She didn't eat your chips.
Bennie Bang: No, not chips. Chip. My microchip.
Roxy Ryan: [on the phone] Listen, we need that book back. So meet us outside the Plaza Hotel in 30 minutes, or... I will eat your chips.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References "The Simple Life" (2003)

Soundtrack:

Alright Alright (Here's My Fist Where's The Fight?)

Great Family Movie

I thought this was a good movie. Its not fair to compare it to "Mean Girls." Although I like Lindsay Lohan, Mean Girls is intended for a different age group. My daughter is 10 and loved "Freaky Friday", but I feel "Mean Girls" has too much sexual content for that age. "New York Minute" is aimed for the "tween age" group. There aren't enough of these kinds of movies out. Its either cartoon-like movies, which this age thinks are not cool enough for them, or right to sex and violence. The New York Minute is an in-between kind of movie that we need to fill the gap for this age group. The people who are saying "this is so predictable" and "we have already seen that kinda movie before" are not the target audience. Yes, we older ones have seen this plot many times before, but our kids have not. Even if we let them see the movies that are similar, they were based in the 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, etc., so the trends and such will be harder for them to relate to. Mary Kate and Ashley have not surrendered to pressure to include sex and violence in their movies and I say good for them. This is a fun movie that the whole family can enjoy and get a lot of laughs. If there were more movies like this, maybe our young wouldn't be so prone to grow up so fast, and actually still enjoy being with their families.