Hollywood Comedy - The Same Old Story
Jane Ryan (Ashley Olsen) is not yet 18 years old, and she has all the hallmarks of a high-achieving girl - studious, determined and thoughtful. The always-smooth Jane has once again reached a crossroads in her life, this time in order to land a place at Oxford University, where she must compete in a speech contest organized by Columbia University in order to win the Callahan Fellowship, a must-have for knowledge. As the holidays approach, a smug Jane prepares to travel to the hustle and bustle of New York City to realize her dream.
Rosiek Ryan (Mary-Kate Olsen) is also under 18, and studying ancient and modern theorems doesn't appeal to her in the slightest, but rather to the rebellious adolescent mind that has made her more or less a truant on her resume. Rosick's favorite is avant-garde music and dynamic rhythms, for which she also locks the end of the vacation to somewhere in Manhattan, in order to send their own sample recordings to the hands of the famous band A& R in order to get the appreciation, and can use this to become a big hit. So Rosick packed his bags and headed to New York.
It's easy to guess from the last names that Jane and Rosick are sisters, and twins at that. Despite this close blood relationship, their personalities and pursuits are clearly far apart. The different paths brought the originally incompatible sisters together, and their misjudgment made them lose their way on the way to New York, Chinatown, black neighborhoods, and every place they passed through ended with a chicken and a dog in the air. After accidentally abducting a congressman's dog and breaking into the black market for pirated goods, the Ryan sisters are chased by a gang of thugs, making their journey a difficult one.
The end of the movie is the usual Hollywood comedy trick: After all the hilarity, the sisters finally arrive at their destination, and their dream becomes a reality!
Mythical age + household name ≠ box office guarantee
Hollywood is not good, Jackie Chan's brother sweating blood for decades to work only just hand in hand on the Walk of Fame to leave his mark, and the significance of that stretching out of the hands of the ten fingers wiggle contains nothing more than: look at us, absolutely affordable $ 20 million sign.
Turning back to the youthful Olsen twins, who turned 18 in June, they're young enough to leave their undeveloped limbs on the Walk of Fame for all to see. They may be young, but many Hollywood veterans haven't been around as long as they were when they made their television debut on the series Full House at nine months old. Actresses, singers, producers and even owners of international business conglomerates, the Olsen sisters are already billionaires before they're even adults, thanks to their familiar faces and influence - the American dream that Americans under the Stars and Stripes are so proud of.
But they seem to have left out a gold rush that is both distant and close at hand -- movies -- but judging by the harsh look in their eyes, even at director Danny Gordon, there's a real sense of impatience and caution -- no one wants to make a shoddy statement when they're just starting out, and no one in the world of Hollywood dares to take that lightly.
Producing, directing and looking good
Warner produced this action-comedy from Dualstar Productions and Di Novi Pictures Production, whose boss, Denise Tinovi, is no slouch. The owner of Di Novi Productions, Denis Di Novi, is no slouch. He has a keen eye for gold and always spends the least amount of money in the most appropriate places. With a track record of "Edward Scissorhands," "Batman Returns" and "Memories of a First Love" in front of him, targeting the popularity of the Olsen sisters in the back, and the support of Robert Thorne, the chief CEO of Twinstar, it's only logical that the business is easy to understand.
Darrell Hammond in "Saturday Night Live," Andrea Martin in "My Super Greek Wedding" and, most famously, Eugene Levy, whose comedy credits, including two "American Pie" films, "When Dumb Met Dumber," and many others, have proved themselves capable of the occasional leading man's role. All of the above are greenfield aces in director Danny Gordon's arsenal, but despite their numbers, none of them seem to be able to hold up half of the film, forcing the film to slip into Shanghai's gendered urban colors. The blame can't be placed squarely on Gordon's shoulders, as the Olsen sisters are a tough act to follow, not to mention the fact that they're also the bosses of Twin Star Productions. Even if he had eaten a bear's heart and swallowed a leopard's guts, Danny Gordon would have been a bit intimidated by the idea of telling the producers what to do. So in the face of reporters and fans of the interrogation, full of mouth can only be filled with the bitter smile. In addition still need to be mentioned is the film's music manager John Houlihan (John Houlihan), has been in the "Charlie's Angels", "Ace Attorney" and so on have a humorous style of revealing he may bring an unexpected harvest.
Speaking of feeling, too
Five million, nine hundred and sixty-two thousand, one hundred and sixty-six dollars, that's what "The New York Hour" came up with in Hollywood-style reviews during its first week in theaters as a big disappointment. Americans have pampered these girls as if they were their own daughters, watched them move from infancy through toddlerhood to the innocent, sweet young woman they are today; watched them have their own albums and magazines named after them; and watched a pair of clear, innocent eyes become vocally indulgent and unruly, all of which can be tolerated out of a sense of sensibility. But a movie is another matter. The aftermath of some critics was rather white - a blank, completely uninformed mind, and with the sisters appearing seven minutes apart in a succession of towel-less appearances, at least the highly conventional Jane Ryan's appearance as a flower is a bit of a claptrap. Meanwhile, the movie's childish gaffe about defeating the "evil Asians" only serves to offend Asian-Americans.
With Hong Kong's latter-day imitators of the Twins in full bloom, the Olsen sisters have lost their way, and perhaps 18 is an important turning point in their lives, and their own routing may not be a good thing. It's always a bit unkind to ask too much of a movie virgin, but then again, who let the Olsen Sisters be the ones who are on top of the game! Honor and responsibility should go hand in hand.