History Film / NewYorkMinute

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Our introduction to the twins shows them getting dressed and shots of their wardrobes. Jane's is extremely tidy, organized and filled with clothes that would be worn by a serious-minded professional. Roxy's wardrobe is a complete mess with clothes everywhere and made up mostly of t-shirts.

''New York Minute'' is a 2004 teen comedy film starring Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen in their first--and last--theatrical outing since ''Film/ItTakesTwo''.

The plot follows the twin Ryan sisters: Jane (Ashley), the smart and responsible one, and Roxy (Mary-Kate), the rebellious one. On the day the film takes place, both Roxy and Jane travel into [[BigApplesauce New York City]], where Jane must give an important speech for her college future while Roxy is hoping to sneak backstage at a Simple Plan concert. They end up caught in an elaborate piracy conspiracy as well as being framed for stealing a senator's pet dog. Also on their tail is a truant officer, Max Lomax (Creator/EugeneLevy), as well as the inevitable love interests.

* BackUpTwin: Jane isn't there to make her speech while Roxy is there with her notebook. So she tries to do Jane's speech for her (and fails miserably). [[spoiler: Luckily Jane shows up anyway.]]

* ParentService: Trey first walks in on Roxy in a bathrobe in his hotel room, quickly followed by Jane coming out of the shower in a towel.

* WhatTheHellHero: Roxy and Jane give each other big ones after the car chase.

* MsFanservice: Jane (Ashley Olsen's character) actually has three nude scenes in the film. [[NotWearingPantsDream Her opening dream sequence]], a[[ShowerScene shower scene]], and [[StrippingSnag her towel falling off after the twins leave a hotel.]] Her skirt also gets ripped in an earlier scene.

* CrashIntoHello: Jane's love interest, Jim, crashes into her with a '''bike'''.

* MsFanservice: Ashley Olsen's character actually has three nude scenes in the film. Her opening dream sequence, a shower scene, and her towel falling off after the twins leave a hotel. Her skirt also gets ripped in an earlier scene.

** For the reverse, he's also shirtless.

* SatelliteLoveInterest: Jane's love interest Jim. In contrast, Roxy's has a little more to do with the plot.

''New York Minute'' is a 2004 teen comedy film starring Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen in their first - and last - theatrical outing since ''Film/ItTakesTwo''.

''New York Minute'' is a 2004 teen comedy film starring Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen in their first theatrical outing since ''Film/ItTakesTwo''. It also ended up being their last together - though Mary-Kate has acted since. It did very poorly at the box office and was savaged by critics, marking the beginning of the end of the twins' stardom, and it was also the last film released by their entertainment company Dualstar, which went dormant in 2007 after the failure of the film left them in shambles.

* AntiVillain: Max Lomax takes his job as a truant officer extremely seriously and spends most of the movie trying to track down Roxy (for good reason), but she outsmarts him every time. [[spoiler:After Roxy and Jane expose Bennie's plan at in front of the whole conference, Lomax arrests Bennie instead.]]

* AntiVillain: Max Lomax takes his job as a truant officer extremely seriously and spends most of the movie trying to track down Roxy (for good reason), but she outsmarts him overtime. [[spoiler:After Roxy and Jane expose Bennie's plan at in front of the whole conference, Lomax arrests Bennie instead.]]

The plot follows the twin Ryan sisters: Jane (Ashley), the smart and responsible one, and Roxy (Mary-Kate), the rebellious one. On the day the film takes place, both Roxy and Jane travel into NewYorkCity. Jane must give an important speech for her college future while Roxy is hoping to sneak backstage at a Simple Plan concert. They end up caught in an elaborate piracy conspiracy as well as being framed for stealing a senator's pet dog. Also on their tail is a truant officer, Max Lomax (Creator/EugeneLevy), as well as the inevitable love interests.

The plot follows the twin Ryan sisters - Jane (Ashley), the smart and responsible one and Roxy (Mary-Kate), the rebellious one. On the day the film takes place, both Roxy and Jane travel into New York. Jane must give an important speech for her college future while Roxy is hoping to sneak backstage at a Simple Plan concert. They end up caught in an elaborate piracy conspiracy as well as being framed for stealing a senator's pet dog. Also on their tail is a truant officer Max Lomax (Eugene Levy) as well as the inevitable love interests.

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The plot follows the twin Ryan sisters - Jane (Ashley), the smart and responsible one and Roxy (Mary-Kate), the rebellious one. On the day the film takes place, both Roxy and Jane travel into New York. Jane must give an important speech for her college future while Roxy is hoping to sneak backstage at a Simple Plan concert. They end up caught in an elaborate piracy conspiracy as well as being framed for stealing a senator's pet dog. Also on their tail is a truant officer (Eugene Levy) as well as the inevitable love interests.

''New York Minute'' is a 2004 teen comedy film starring Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen in their first theatrical outing since ''Film/ItTakesTwo''. It also ended up being their last together - though Mary-Kate has acted since. It did very poorly at the box office and was savaged by critics, marking the beginning of the end of the twins' stardom.

The film was a box office bomb and was panned by critics.

* ThePresidentsDaughter: Gender Flipped as it's a female senator and her son.

* TheBechdelTest: Passes quite easily with twin sisters as the protagonists. The only other female characters are a senator whom the girls don't interact with much and a group of hairdressers. They pass the test too.

* TeamPet: Ronaldo the chihuahua.

''New York Minute'' is a 2004 teen comedy film starring MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen in their first theatrical outing since ''ItTakesTwo''. It also ended up being their last together - though Mary-Kate has acted since. It did very poorly at the box office and was savaged by critics, marking the beginning of the end of the twins' stardom.

* TheCameo: Bob Saget as a man whom Jame and Roxy run past on the street. He stops and stares at them, surprised.

* CrashIntoHello: Jane's love interest crashes into her with a '''bike'''.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Roxy.
* DaddysLittleVillain: Gender Flipped. Bennie is Mummy's Little Villain.

* StarDerailingRole: The film only made $21 million in total at the box office and was savaged by critics. It was effectively the end of the Olsens' film projects.

* ActionGirl: Roxie knows Tae Kwon Do.

* TheCameo: Bob Saget.

* BackUpTwin: Jane isn't there to make her speech while Roxy is there with her notebook. So she tries to do Jane's speech for her (and fails miserably). [[spoiler: Luckily Jane shows up anyway]].

* EpicFail: Roxy tries to bluff her way through Jane's speech by quoting AvrilLavigne.

* MsFanservice: Ashley Olsen's character actually has three nude scenes in the film. Her opening dream sequence, a shower scene and her towel falling off after the twins leave a hotel. Her skirt also gets ripped in an earlier scene.