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| | SPLICEDwire | "New York Minute" movie review (2004) "New York Minute" review, Dennie Gordon, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley ... |
 | | This picture is basically more of the same, but with a slightly sharper sense of admittedly lowbrow humor that for the first time gives the bright-eyed 17-year-olds an appeal beyond their fan base of admiring little girls (and unsavory old men). |
 | | The girls, of course, play polar-opposite sisters from the New Jersey suburbs -- Ashley is uptight, conservative and studious, Mary-Kate is an innocuous punkette rebel and the (very unconvincing) drummer in a band -- who in the course of one crazy day in Manhattan come to a greater appreciation of each other's individuality. |
 | | Hackneyed to be sure, "New York Minute" gets enough mileage out of the twins' infectious vivacity, its boundless energy and its modest cheekiness (see "Is it my birthday?" quote above) to balance out its unimaginative plot and its improbable finale, which is capped by the inevitably trite, "Today has made me realize something..." speech. |
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