New Year's Eve (2011)

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

Director:

Garry Marshall

Writer:

Katherine Fugate

Stars:

Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher

2 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

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

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 and 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:

new year's eve | kiss | new york city | latex gloves | older woman younger man | 

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Taglines:

The one night anything is possible

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language including some sexual references

Did You Know?

Trivia

Lea Michele portrayed one of Jon Bon Jovi's back-up singers in this movie. In 2010, she unintentionally almost hit him with a car once while she was reversing on Robertson Boulevard.

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Goofs

During the speech from Sam's mother, she is holding the dog iPod. Switching between shots she is holding him up to her shoulder, while in the next shot she is holding the dog in her arms.

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Quotes

Stan Harris: Nothing beats New York on New Year's Eve.

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Crazy Credits

Bloopers and outtakes shown during the closing credits.

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Alternate Versions

In the French language version, Hailey rather than saying "This is not a training bra" says "I'm busty", and Kim rather than saying "And this is not "Girls Gone Wild"!" says "And you're not a stripper!", since outside North America, the franchise "Girls Gone Wild" is barely known.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.50 (2011)

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Soundtracks

Sleigh Ride
Written by Mitchell Parish and Leroy Anderson
Performed by The Late Greats
Courtesy of Izumi Records

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.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Germany]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 December 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

New Year's Eve

Filming Locations:

Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, New York Harbor, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$56,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$13,019,180, 11 December 2011

Gross USA:

$54,544,638

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$142,044,638

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