New York Minute

New York Minute was selected to be Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's first "grown-up" movie, building on their phenomenally successful careers as child actors. While its reception was overshadowed by Mary-Kate's problems with an eating disorder, this effervescent but predictable comic adventure had little appeal beyond their loyal adolescent fans in any case. The film evidently tries to demonstrate the twin teens' very individual personalities: Mary-Kate's school-skipping rebel heads to New York to promote her rock band's demo, accompanied by her overachieving sibling, who's there to compete for a university scholarship. As chaos ensues, the duo shine thanks to spot-on timing and natural delivery - to be expected of professionals who began their career at the age of one - but the supporting performances are weak, with a particularly awful cameo by Jack Osbourne.