Synopsis
Top student Jane Ryan heads to Manhattan for a college-scholarship competition. Her rebellious twin Roxy Ryan goes along to crash a video shoot. But anything can happen - and does - in a romp involving a pursuing truant officer, a smuggler, hunkalicious guys and the girls' realization that when the chips are down, a sister can be the best friend of all.
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Cast
- Ashley OlsenJane Ryan
- Mary-Kate OlsenRoxy Ryan
- Eugene LevyMax Lomax
- Andy RichterBennie Bang
- Riley SmithJim, The Bike Messenger
- Jared PadaleckiTrey Lipton
- Drew PinskyDr. Ryan
- Darrell HammondHudson McGill
- Andrea MartinSenator Anne Lipton
- Alannah OngMa Bang
Recommendations
- 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Cheerfully disconnected from the real world, bearing a great resemblance to screwball comedies of old. - 50
Dallas Observer
Overly broad and silly at times, the film also has an "important" message to pass along to its young viewers. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
The cast is cute and the action is colorful, but the comedy isn't as captivating as it sets out to be. - 50
Chicago Tribune
The cinematic equivalent of Trix. It's just made to be enjoyed by certain folks more than others. Will girls like it? More than their parents. - 40
Variety
After a string of direct-to-video excursions, this latest film remains an off-putting assault of too-screwball comedy with glints of pathos. - 40
Village Voice
The whole project reeks of vanity, but it doesn't take a Columbia degree to see that any movie where the Michelle Tanners trudge via sewer from CPS to 125th is an instant camp classic. - 40
L.A. Weekly
Reverts to a fire-sale slapstick scenario that includes multiple tumbles into toilets/sewers/ dumpsters; a visit to a Harlem beauty shop that's all homily-spouting mammies and swishy, finger-snapping dandies; and the attempted inducement of a constipated dog's bowel movement. - 38
Philadelphia Inquirer
Plays like "Sixteen Candles" meets "Beetlejuice." Yet for all the film's frantic pace, this plot plods, even for 'tweens at whom this suburban-girls-take-Manhattan fantasy is obviously targeted.
