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:

Let the countdown begin.

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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

Justin Bieber was considered for the role of Seth.

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Goofs

When Seth and Hailey are at the Restaurant and he is about to surprise Hailey with a unexpected kiss, her head is turned away talking and when she turns back towards Seth her lips are already puckered up expecting the kiss.

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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 Graham Norton Show: Jessica Biel/James Corden/Sarah Millican/Bradley Cooper/Lenny Kravitz (2011)

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Soundtracks

"New Year's Eve"
Written by Abigail Breslin and Cassidy Reiff
Performed by CABB

User Reviews

A Sequel to Valentine's Day!

What? It's not a sequel to Valentine's Day? 

Let's be honest here. There was absolutely NO reason to make this movie. Well, maybe one: money. During a viewing of this excruciatingly painful melo-dramedy, one will find absolutely no artistic value, underlying message, or actual creative backbone. This film is just an excuse to slap a couple of famous face in front of the same camera, within the same period of time. You know what that's called on the set of a good movie? Bad casting. 

I can't believe someone made the same mistakes that were made just a year or two ago! When I first saw the poster, I thought "Is this a  parody?". But then I saw who was directing this prick of a film. 

Garry Marshall: Probably the single most desperate man in America. I am convinced that his last and final wish (let's be honest, he's not exactly in his twenties) is to meet as many famous people as he can; and what does that leave the helpless moviegoers with? The atrocities that were (and still are) Valentine's Day and New Years Eve. 

Looking for a fun holiday film to put a spring in your step, and a sparkle in your smile? Then spend your ten bucks elsewhere, because this movie is not worth the dough. 

The whole thing is a jumbled mess of popular actresses of today, and a few familiar faces that we all know. Then of course your Ashton Kutcher and your Jessica Biel who insist upon us that "Yes look, we're still famous! We promise!" 

Well I don't need it. I don't need it, and I encourage everyone to stray far away from this badly written, far-fetched, soap cushion of a love story that sincerely wants to be literally everything that it's not. It's a drama for people who don't like dramas, a comedy for people who don't like comedies, and a romance for people who don't like romance. Not worth a second of your time.