Variety
Few of the plot strands connect to one another, much less resolve themselves with any degree of wit or daring.
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New Year's Eve
From the makers of Valentine's Day comes this multi-tale rom-com with a kaleidoscopic A-list cast including Robert DeNiro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ashton Kutcher, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Biel, Zac Efron, Katherine Heigl, Meg Ryan and many more.
The film depicts a series of vignettes from various New Yorkers, taken or single, as the minutes draw closer to the start of a new year. Through the numerous intertwining storylines, every tender encounter dawns on a potential romance.
2011Rating: M, contains offensive language118 minsUSA
Drama
- Director:
- Garry Marshall ('Valentine's Day', 'The Princess Diaries', 'Pretty Woman')
- Writer:
- Katherine Fugate
- Cast:
- Robert De NiroJessica BielAshton KutcherSarah Jessica ParkerHalle BerryLea MicheleKatherine HeiglZac EfronMichelle PfeifferCarla GuginoSara PaxtonSofía VergaraHilary SwankJosh DuhamelMeg RyanJon Bon JoviSienna MillerGreg KinnearAlyssa MilanoShaquille O'NealLudacrisCarmelo AnthonyRyan SeacrestJake T. AustinSeth MeyerTil SchweigerRussell PetersAbigail BreslinLuke HalpennyCam GigandetAmar'e Stoudemire
New Year's Eve / Reviews
Total Film
Another lavish helping of clichés, cameos and implausibly interweaving love stories. Fine if you’re a fan of Valentine’s Day, but Marshall’s multi-star champagne cocktail is all bubbles and no booze.
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A depressing two-hour infomercial pitching Times Square as the only place in the universe you want to be when the ball drops at midnight on Dec. 31. (Believe me, it's not.)
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Roger Ebert
New Year's Eve is a dreary plod through the sands of time until finally the last grain has trickled through the hourglass of cinematic sludge. How is it possible to assemble more than two dozen stars in a movie and find nothing interesting for any of them to do?
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Hollywood Reporter
The result proves to be as appealing and effervescent as a flute of flat champagne.
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A.V. Club
It's safe to say to no idea was nixed on the set of New Year's Eve for being too cheesy or sentimental; if anything, ideas were nixed for not being sentimental or cheesy enough.
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