“New York Minute” is a comedic masterpiece shrouded in glitzy, girly glamour that totally distracts from a work of genius. As I’ll explain in a minute, there is a character in this film who is perfect and the film should have focused on him but instead, it focuses on the two most boring people in its universe.

In “New York Minute”, Eugene Levy (“The Man”) plays a truancy officer, who behaves like his job of catching kids skipping school is a matter of national concern. He’s wonderful but he’s robbed of screen time in favour of giving the Olsen twins, from tv’s “Full House”, the star treatment as they run round New York doing spoilt rich girl things.

Eugene Levy is hilarious here; every minute he’s on screen, I felt I was seeing something grand. The Olsen twins are truly boring and fail to create even the smallest of smiles on my face. They’re not cute, likeable, funny, interesting or anything else. They represent a sense of ugliness in young girls as they unintelligently make it through the day, spending a lot of time pampering themselves with cosmetics. I feel sorry for Eugene Levy as his performance is totally overshadowed by the Olsen twins, who receive so much of the attention.

How did nobody spot this marvellous film about an over-the-top truancy officer? How come we had to endure the Olsen twins just to get little snippets of magic? A funny film is a funny film; you don’t need a marketing hook like the Olsen twins, especially when it means the funny film you had gets ruined in the process. “New York Minute” is the type of film that sadly appeals to lots of young girls. It probably shouldn’t as it encourages them to act like the two pathetic specimens that headline this movie.