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Getting There: Sweet Sixteen & Licensed to Drive

5 star:		(33)
4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(12)
2 star:		(12)
1 star:		(17)

 

 

As usual in the Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen films, Mary-Kate and Ashley play two 16-year-old spoiled rich girls who's parents buy them a convertible for their 16th birthday and allows them to take a road trip to Utah for the Winter Olympic games with some friends (both males and females). Along the way, they get into trouble when one of the cars is stolen, and they meet up with some kids who help them. First of all, I can't understand why any parent would give their 16-year-olds a car on their 16th birthdays (OK, maybe some with a lot of money but c'mon, a CONVERTIBLE?!) and then let them take a road trip across country! Maybe if the parents were on dope, but if they were grounded parents, then they should (I hope at least) know better than to do something like that. Also, why on earth were the actors in the film not wearing seat belts? Isn't Hollywood supposed to support the use of their actors wearing seat belts in movies and on TV? For 16-year-olds they should AT LEAST be wearing seat belts! There wasn't much of a unique storyline or plot, and I would've graded this film less but it's the Olsen twins and I don't really want to totally diss their films (I am a fan, after all...don't ask why!). Anyway, the acting is okay, especially by the Olsen twins, but you can't really relate to any of the characters. One of the things that I don't like about the Olsen twins' films is that they always play characters who just like to shop, gossip, and talk on the phone. And then they end up getting to go someplace like London or Australia where they meet cute boys and fall in love and everything has a happy ending.

"Getting There" was a disappointing film. I do not really recommend it unless you are a huge Olsen twins fan.

Score:
60/100
D-

I've loved the Olsen twins since they were on Full house. I never really LOVED any of their movies, but I have to say that I really liked "It Takes Two." Recently their movies have been kind of repetitive- they go to a foreign country and meet two boys. I thought this movie was going to be better, but it wasn't. The whole movie really is about "getting there" and it was the most boring movie I think they've ever made. The boys were surfers, and were portrayed as these mindless idiots. There was a very weak plot, and very little action. It was really stupid how every attempt they made to get to Utah failed. The other thing I didn't like was how once again, mary-Kate and Ashley were living in a fantasy world. They had money to go on planes, buses, cars and other various ways of transportation to get to Utah. Oh, and no chaperones either. Overall, I was really disappointed.

Normally I don't waste time on movies that I have read or heard so many bad things about, but with Getting There there were just so many 1 ratings on NetFlix I had to see just how bad it was. Three words, they were right.

Since the twins have become boy-crazy, their movies have gone down hill--FAST!! They should have made more movies when they were little, because those movies were much better than what they are making now. I have bought all their movies for my 11-year old daughter, and we both agreed this was the last one we would buy.

I will not deny being an Olsen fan; I have been ever since their Full House days. I love their movies from when they were much younger, but I can't stomach their others. They need stronger plots in their movies; all this movie is is Mary-Kate and Ashley playing spoiled twin girls who not only get a brand new convertible from their parents on their 16th birhtday, but also get their parents' permission to take a road trip to the Olympic Games with a few friends. Already, I couldn't relate to them. I think that's one problem with the twins' more recent acting: you can't relate to their characters. The Olsens are plenty talented and pretty, but I wish they'd stop using the same formula in their videos. They're either getting on a plane and shooting a movie in a new country or portray the same types of teenagers doing the same things in every movie. Don't get me wrong--I'll always be a fan, but not of these kinds of movies.

Mix two cute boys+ super expensive too-mature-for-them clothes+ super trendy names i.e. Chloe, Riley, Madison, or Alix+ parents who seem to be millinaires+ some exotic location that most of us will never be able to go to= a Mary-Kate and Ashley movie. That unfortunatly seems to be the sad combination that some strange people who are making these idiotic movies seem to believe makes a good movie. I mean WHO IN THE WORLD gets a hot fire engine red model mustang on their 16th birthday RIGHT AFTER they get their license AND gets to go on a road trip with boys and no shaperones? Their parents certainly seem to think thats ok. MY parents definetly don't have the money to put me and five friends up in a beautiful lodge in Utah. The whole movie is about how the twins and their friends plus these three supposedly "cute" boys are trying to get to Utah. After the car is stolen no one seems to care that much and they just throw around money on airplane tickets like it's nothing. The only surprise in this movie is that both girls DO NOT end up with boyfriends! If you must see this movie I suggest renting it or have someone loan it to you...

You'd think Mary-Kate and Ashley would do a movie that wasn't embarrassingly stupid sometime in their life. Yet, they are already sixteen and they're repetitive idiocy keeps oblivious kids, hopeful teens, and perverted old guys happy. Getting There is probably the worst of their movies. We already know that the twins can't act for crap, but that doesn't mean they have to act retarded. Bask in MK&A and friends' corny lives with no sense of depth and real life. If I were one of their parents, I would check under the teens' bed for a supply of drugs and alcohol. Just watch this movie and you'll see. They seriously act like their on something. It makes you want to do a spoof of the movie, but if you did, the spoof would be exactly like the real thing.

Aside from the Olsen twins, I thought the acting in this film was downright...well, it was bad. The movie was also unrealisitic. What parents let their twin daughters, their 2 friends, and 3 members of the opposite sex go to a ritzy ski lodge in Utah to watch, of all things, the Olympics? And what parents give their kid a fire engine red convertible for their birthday? And what kids just keep buying zillions of plane tickets, throwing away about 200 bucks per ticket? And who thought a movie about trying to get somewhere would be entertaining? The only reason this movie got 2 stars was because there were a few remotely funny parts, and the Olsen twins were what held the whole movie together. Them not ending up with boyfriends was pretty funny - their friends did though. Usually their movies are like they say hi to a boy and he falls instantly in luv. Although Kylie does have an admirer in this movie...

I have been a fan of Mary-Kate and Ashley for about 10 years, but I just have to rate this movie low. It was just boring unless you enjoy seeing the girls and their friends just driving, screaming, etc... There really isn't much of a plot here. Even if you're a fan, you can easily pass on this. The movie jumps to music and plain videos of the girls and their friends driving and playing around every few minutes...

Sure hope their next movie will be better.

Buckle up for the ultimate getaway with Mary-Kate and Ashley!
Taylor and Kylie Hunter are sweet sixteen and licensed to drive. Grab a seat in their classic Mustang convertible as they set out on their very first road trip, to the Winter Games in Utah. Cute outfits, even cuter guys. And all kinds of friends along the way. But watch out for Olympic-size detours.

This movie is really cute and gives us a glimpse into what Mary-Kate and Ashley can really do! I think this is one of their best movies yet!
***Check it out!!***