New Year's Eve (2011)

The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.

Director:

Garry Marshall

Writer:

Katherine Fugate

Stars:

Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher

8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michelle Pfeiffer	...	Ingrid - Resolution Tour
Zac Efron	...	Paul - Resolution Tour
Charlotte Marshall-Fricker	...	Caring Teenage Girl - Resolution Tour
Fiona Choi	...	Balinese Woman - Resolution Tour
Mary Marguerite Keane	...	Pet Adoption Clerk - Resolution Tour
Michael Mandell	...	Murray - Resolution Tour
Patrick Reale	...	Times Square Cop - Resolution Tour
Robert De Niro	...	Stan Harris - Hospital Story
Halle Berry	...	Nurse Aimee - Hospital Story
Cary Elwes	...	Stan's Doctor - Hospital Story
Alyssa Milano	...	Nurse Mindy - Hospital Story
Common	...	Soldier - Hospital Story
Barbara Marshall	...	Head Nurse Helen - Hospital Story
Jessica Biel	...	Tess Byrne - Maternity Ward Story
Seth Meyers	...	Griffin Byrne - Maternity Ward Story

Storyline

Set during New Year's Eve in New York city, this movie follows several people and how the day affects them. Kim is a single mother who still thinks of her daughter, Hailey as a child who wants to go out with a boy so that she could kiss him at midnight. Claire, who is in charge of the city's annual tradition, the ball drop on Times Square. And when something goes wrong she has to ask an electrician, who was fired, to come and fix it. Laura, a chef who is cooking the New year's Eve party for a record company who runs into Jensen, her ex who's a singer whose performing at the party. While he tries to apologize for how things ended, she refuses to accept it. Ingrid, a woman who works at the record company, after having a near death experience decides to quit her job and asks a young messenger, Paul to help her fulfill her resolutions. And at a hospital, Stan, a man who is in the final stages of cancer, only wishes to see the ball drop. Also Griffin and Tess, a couple who are expecting, ...

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Plot Keywords:

singer | trapped in an elevator | resolution | electrician | hospital | 

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Taglines:

Kiss last year goodbye.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language including some sexual references

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [de]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 December 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Año nuevo

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$56,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$13,019,180 (USA) (9 December 2011)

Gross:

$54,540,525 (USA) (17 February 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Rice Films, Karz Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Halle Berry and Michelle Pfeiffer have both played Catwoman in unrelated films. So has Anne Hathaway, who appeared in _Valentine's Day_(2010).

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Goofs

When Laura is tossing eggs at the poster of Jensen, her chef coat is open, closed and then is open again.

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Quotes

Sam: Sometimes it feels like there are so many things in this world we can't control. Earthquakes, floods, reality shows... But it's important to remember the things that we can. Like forgiveness, second chances, fresh starts... Because the one thing that turns the world from the longing place to a beautiful place... is love. Love and any of its forms. Love gives us hope... Hope for the New Year. That's what New Year's Eve is to me. Hope and a great party!

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Crazy Credits

Bloopers and outtakes shown during the closing credits.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.51 (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Radio"
Written and Performed by Raphael Saadiq
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Vapid, ridiculous and lacking quality.

The latest in a long line of vapid group ensemble romcoms quickly becoming popular in Hollywood – Valentine's Day, He's Just Not That Into You, etc, etc – is devoid of anything even remotely resembling quality movie-making or quality entertainment. It's a hodgepodge of inane mini stories, hammy acting, ridiculous moralising and ludicrous plotting all converging to produce a sickly sweet holiday flick that should be avoided by all. I'm not sure what's more disconcerting, that Valentine's Day was triumphant enough at the box office to warrant this semi-spin off or that some of the usually terrific actors present here – Michelle Pfeiffer, Hilary Swank, Abigail Breslin, Halle Berry, Robert De Niro – decided to sign on the dotted line for this junk. Give this puke-fest a miss or you may actually want to skip the real New Year's Eve this year.