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:

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 [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

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Kaminsky (Hector Elizondo) arrives, the message over the radio announces that "the eagle has landed." This is the same code phrase Elizondo uses in The Princess Diaries (2001) in reference to Queen Clarice (Julie Andrews).

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Goofs

Elise starts her appearance as backup singer for Jensen with black nail polish. In her rendition of Auld Lang Syne she is wearing white nail polish.

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Quotes

Ava - Jensen & Laura's Story: In my country when a man gets down on one knee, it's because he either wants to get married or he's been shot. Sometimes it's both.

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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

Features I Lost My M in Vegas (1999)

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Soundtracks

The Fun Begins
Adapted from "Begin the Beguine" by Cole Porter
Written and Produced by John Debney and Glen Ballard
Performed by Alison Sudol
Alison Sudol (of A Fine Frenzy) appears courtesy of Virgin Records America, Inc.

User Reviews

Too many story lines make New Years Eve a bit of a dud.

I rather enjoy the odd ensemble comedy such as this film, I somewhat enjoyed Valentines Day and I really enjoyed He's Just Not That Into You, but what those film had but this doesn't is a fewer amount of plot lines. There's just too much going on in this film, far too many characters, as soon as I found myself interested in one plot its segment would end, you can never get really attached to one set of characters.

For me the best storyline was the Michelle Pfieffer and Zefron plot, it was really the only one with a bit of substance, I actually think a full movie of that story would be great, also the Jessica Biel and Seth Meyers plot was rather funny thanks to the highly underrated Ms Biel. This movie is entertaining enough I suppose but it's also lacking any real great laugh out loud moments, the only time I laughed was when Jessica Biel was in labour, she could do some great comedy if given the chance.

Lea Michele manages to bring her great screen charisma to the big screen, she is very fun to watch and her rendition of Aude Lang Syne was lovely and a nice way to end the movie.

If this movie had about four or five less stories happening this movie would have been much better, it's not horrible by any standards but it's not excellent either, also this may sound mean but Sofia Vergara is possibly the most annoying actress alive, at least they didn't put a decent actress in the most annoying role in the film. I mean it's worth paying to see the excellent dance scene between Zefron and Pfieffer over the end credits.

OK, but basically it's exactly the same as Valentines Day but with more actors and a lot less substance.

Enjoy. Maybe.