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

Announced as some kind of continuation for Garry Marshall's holiday themed Valentine's Day, the project evolved into a different entity, recasting some of the protagonists in different roles.

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Goofs

When in the elevator, Elise tries to convince Randy to have their own party. While he is sitting, he pushes up his left sleeve twice.

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Quotes

Claire Morgan: And as you all can see, the ball has stopped half way to its perch. it's suspended there to remind us before we pop the champagne and celebrate the new year, to stop, and reflect on the year that has gone by, to remember both our triumphs and our missteps, our promises made and broken, the times we opened ourselves up to great adventures... or closed ourselves down for fear of getting hurt, because that's what new year's all about , getting another chance, a chance to forgive. to do better, to ...

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Crazy Credits

Bloopers and outtakes shown during the closing credits.

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Connections

References Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003)

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Soundtracks

"Wedding March"
from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Written by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn)
Performed by Michael Shapiro

User Reviews

Do you like chocolate milkshakes?

I'm reading some bad reviews of this movie, and I don't think the criticisms are exactly justified. While many of the complaints are valid, I don't think they apply to a movie like this.

I saw Hugo and loved it. That movie is "art" in it's most beautiful form. I expected it to be. Hugo is caviar from Le Bernardin.

New Year's Eve is a big, sloppy, tasty chocolate fudge milkshake from Baskin Robbins. It isn't classy. It doesn't take a lot of talent to make it. But it is ultimately satisfying and puts a smile on your face. My daughter and I both really enjoyed New Year's Eve. For the first few minutes, we did feel a bit like we had ADD because the scenes changed so quickly from one story line to the next. But we soon got into the pace of it and enjoyed it thoroughly as a happy diversion on a Saturday afternoon. It's much better than last Year's Valentines Day and is definitely a feel-good movie for a Girls' Night Out.