Getting There

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Mary-Kate OlsenScreen Time: 70%Role: Kylie Hunter Age: 15 years old |
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Ashley OlsenScreen Time: 80%Role: Taylor Hunter Age: 15 years old |
Getting There
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Directed: Steve Purcell
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Coming of Age
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307535
Summary
This film is about Mary-Kate and Ashley turning sixteen years old and going on a road trip without parents. They are headed to Utah for the Olympics and arrive late. There are also scenes in Las Vegas. The twins do not drive alone in this movie, they take a bus.
Movie Reviews
Steer Well Clear!, 3 February 2005Author: blonde_ambition from IMDb
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have been acting since they were nine months
old. And you'd think that after over a decade, they might improved over
the years, as most actors do. However, they are notorious for their
atrocious acting skills, and awful movies. And as Olsen movies go, this
one is by far the worst.
Getting There is about a girl named Taylor (Ashley Olsen) who wants to
go to the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. She could have gone alone,
but no, she brings along her twin sister Kylie (Mary-Kate Olsen, after
all, since when have the Olsens' done a movie without the other?), and
a bunch of friends.
Along the way they get into a load of "hilerious" mix ups as every
attempt they make to get there fails. So it's basically a movie about
these teens trying to find a way of "getting there".
The movie is directed by Steve Purcell who, judging by this movie and
his other works, must be the worst director in the world. Second to Ed
Wood, though at least Ed Wood was actually entertaining.
The camera shots are awful, the lighting is terrible, the acting is
atrocious, and the plot is wafer thin. The dialogue is supposed to be
funny but the ultra-crap catchphrases are cringe worthy. One word that
gets really annoying? "Hype" They all say it like it's a really cool
word, you watch in and think "OMG, these kids are SAD!" Ashley Olsen,
as always, can be caught acting the entire time and must be the worlds
most unnatural actress. Mary-Kate Olsen does her trademark complete
overact, with an expression for every word and hands going everywhere.
Billy Aaron Brown, as one of their friends, is just annoying, and the
other cast are also just pretty irritating to watch.
The one good thing about this movie? Actress Alexandra Picatto who
plays Charley Simms, a girl the twins and their friends meet on their
journey. Picatto is the one actress who actually deserves to be doing
something better. She's natural in front of the camera, has screen
presence, and can act. However, she may only have seemed good in
contrast to the rest of the cast.
You'll lose the will to live watching this movie. The best advice I can
give you is to save yourself and steer clear!