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 [Germany]

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

After starring with Michelle Pfeiffer in Hairspray, Zac Efron said that he fell in love with her and getting to kiss her was one of the reasons why he chose to do the movie.

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Goofs

The placement of the striped kitchen cloth and the white bowl of chocolate changes after Laura turns around to face Jensen.

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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

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.87 (2013)

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Soundtracks

"You And Gravity"
Written and Performed by Damato
Courtesy of Movie Song Vault

User Reviews

New Years Heave

The trouble with ensemble comedies - romantic or otherwise - is that the audience is given little time to develop a relationship with any of their characters. This is certainly the case with Garry Marshall's seasonal effort New Years Eve, but the problems with the film are far from done there.

Stuck somewhere between a 'Visit New York' advert and meandering rom-com, few of the movies plots are linked and many are only hastily so at the end of the movie, almost as an afterthought. The film is incredibly low on laughs of any variety and despite - or perhaps because of - its huge star cast it never feels like its going anywhere, much like the Times Square ball which gets as much screen time as anybody.

The characterisation is incredibly lazy; Ashton Kutcher plays a pyjama-wearing stoner cartoonist, Zac Efron is the plucky young go-getter, De Niro (who will sign up for anything these days) is the grumpy old coot. These typecasts are bad enough before Lea Michele appears essentially playing Rachel Berry from Glee, replete with the screeching vocal performances. The cherry on top of the cake, however, is Michelle Pfeiffer who re-enacts her performance in Batman Returns as kooky wallflower Selina Kyle; to my immense disappointment she never became Catwoman and proceeded to whip up any sense of excitement.

The one positive thing I could say about this film is that it isn't offensively bad, except I cant because three of the precious few non-white, non-American characters are horrendously bad racial stereotypes. I'll leave you to spot them should you have the misfortune of having to endure this vapid exercise in futility.