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New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Garry Marshall
Written by	Katherine Fugate
Produced by	Mike Karz; Wayne Allan Rice; Garry Marshall;
Starring	Halle Berry; Jessica Biel; Jon Bon Jovi; Abigail Breslin; Chris "Ludacris" Bridges; Robert De Niro; Josh Duhamel; Zac Efron; Héctor Elizondo; Katherine Heigl; Ashton Kutcher; Seth Meyers; Lea Michele; Sarah Jessica Parker; Michelle Pfeiffer; Til Schweiger; Hilary Swank; Sofía Vergara;
Cinematography	Charles Minsky
Edited by	Michael Tronick
Music by	John Debney
Production; companies	New Line Cinema; Wayne Rice Films; Karz Entertainment;
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	December 9, 2011;
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$56 million
Box office	$142 million

New Year's Eve is a 2011 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, written by Katherine Fugate, and starring an ensemble cast consisting of Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Abigail Breslin, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron, Héctor Elizondo, Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher, Joey McIntyre, Seth Meyers, Lea Michele, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Paulson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Til Schweiger, Jake T. Austin, Hilary Swank, and Sofía Vergara.

New Year's Eve is the second in an unofficial trilogy of romantic comedy films directed by Garry Marshall, set on a one-day holiday and featuring an ensemble cast in a variety of stories, the other films being Valentine's Day (2010) and Mother's Day (2016).

New Year's Eve was released on December 9, 2011, and received generally negative reviews from critics but grossed $142 million.

Plot

New Year's Eve follows several interconnected stories of people experiencing various problems on New Year's Eve.

Vice-President of the Times Square Claire Morgan is making the final arrangements for the ball drop with the help of her friend, police officer Brendan. Meanwhile, after being nearly run over by a car and denied a vacation, Ahern Records secretary Ingrid Withers quits her job and offers deliveryman Paul Doyle tickets for the Ahern Records Masquerade Ball if he helps her complete her New Year's resolutions before midnight, and he accepts.

Paul's older sister Kim Doyle is having trouble with her teenage daughter Hailey, who wants to spend New Year's Eve with her friends and her boyfriend Seth Anderson in Times Square, though Kim wants to spend the New Year with her after her divorce. Paul's best friend, comic book illustrator Randy, hates New Year's Eve as his girlfriend left him on a date and gets stuck in an elevator with Elise, an aspiring singer providing backup for musician Daniel Jensen at his Times Square show. Jensen is also preparing to perform at the Ahern Records ball while attempting to rekindle his relationship with his ex-fiancée, Laura.

At a nearby hospital, Claire's father Stan Harris, in the final stages of cancer who refuses chemotherapy and wishes only to see the ball drop one last time, is kept company by Nurses Aimee and Mindy after his doctor reveals he will not last much longer. In the same hospital, a young couple (Griffin and Tess Byrne) are about to have their first child and compete with another couple, James and Grace Schwab, for a bonus offered to the family of the first child born in the New Year.

Elsewhere, Sam Ahern, Jr., a businessman and son of the late founder Sam Ahern, Sr. of Ahern Records, attempts to go to the Ahern Records Ball to deliver an important speech. After his car malfunctions in nearby Connecticut, all the while wondering if he should reunite with a mysterious woman he met and fell in love with on the previous New Year's Eve. Failing to find a mechanic or tow truck, Sam gets a ride from a cheerful family in an RV.

Later that evening, one of the LED panels on the Times Square Ball malfunctions, jamming the ball and forcing Claire to call Kominsky, a disgruntled electrician whom the company had fired a few weeks prior. He repairs the ball before midnight, and, in gratitude, she leaves him in charge of the operation as she rushes to see the ball drop with her father, Stan. Meanwhile, Nurse Aimee has a video conference with her husband Chino, a soldier deployed in Afghanistan. Stan passes away just minutes after Claire snuck him up to the roof of the hospital to watch the ball drop, amid a chorus of "Auld Lang Syne", with Claire weeping beside him, holding his hand.

Paul helps Ingrid complete all the items on her list, and she gives him the tickets. They later say goodbye, but Paul decides to take her to the Ahern Records ball as his date. Meanwhile, Randy and Elise bond in the elevator as they share their lives and problems. Just as they are about to kiss, the elevator is repaired by the building superintendent and Elise rushes to Jensen's show. Randy notices she forgot her rubber bracelet and rushes to give it to her, still in pajamas. At Times Square, Jensen leaves midway through his show to return to the Ahern Ball to apologize to Laura, who takes him back and leaves with Sam's approval. With Jensen gone, Elise replaces him and attracts the attention of the crowd. She kisses Randy, and they start a romantic relationship.

Griffin and Tess have their baby and, although it is born first, they lie to allow James and Grace to have the $25,000 bonus after discovering they already have two other children to provide for. Meanwhile, after being forbidden from attending the celebration, Hailey runs away to Times Square, where she sees Seth being kissed by another girl, Lily, unaware that it was a kiss against his will. Heartbroken, she meets and is comforted by her mother. Kim finally realizes that she was too selfish for not allowing Hailey to spend the New Year with them. Seth finds them and apologizes, revealing Lily has stolen the kiss. Hailey forgives him and kisses him back. Her mother allows her to go to an after-party.

Kim then rushes to a restaurant to reunite with Sam, who has succeeded in delivering his speech. She is revealed to be the mysterious woman whom he met one year prior, and they finally share their names with each other. The film ends with Paul and Ingrid having fun at the Ahern Records ball party. As the credits roll, a series of bloopers and blunders are shared with the audience.

Cast

Jake T. Austin as Seth Anderson
James Belushi as Building Superintendent
Halle Berry as Nurse Aimee
Jessica Biel as Tess Byrne
Michael Bloomberg as himself
Jon Bon Jovi as Daniel Jensen
Abigail Breslin as Hailey Doyle
Ludacris as Lieutenant Brendan Nolan
Matthew Broderick as Mr. Buellerton
Robert De Niro as Stan Harris
Josh Duhamel as Sam Ahern, Jr.
Zac Efron as Paul Doyle
Héctor Elizondo as Lester Kominsky
Cary Elwes as Stan's Doctor
Carla Gugino as Dr. Morriset
Katherine Heigl as Laura
Cherry Jones as Mrs. Rose Ahern
Ashton Kutcher as Randy
John Lithgow as Jonathan Cox
Joey McIntyre as Rory
Katherine McNamara as Lily Bowman
Seth Meyers as Griffin Byrne
Lea Michele as Elise
Alyssa Milano as Nurse Mindy
Sarah Jessica Parker as Kim Doyle
Russell Peters as Sunil
Michelle Pfeiffer as Ingrid Withers
Sarah Paulson as Grace Schwab
Ryan Seacrest as himself
Til Schweiger as James Schwab
Hilary Swank as Claire Morgan
Sofía Vergara as Ava
Nat Wolff as Walter
Common as Chino
Sean O'Bryan as Pastor Edwin
Jack McGee as Grandpa Jed
Yeardley Smith as Maude
Penny Marshall as herself
Drena De Niro as Ahern Waitress
Christine Lakin as Waitress Alyssa
Shea Curry as Wendy
Amar'e Stoudemire as Party Dancer
Kathleen Marshall as Stage Manager Charlotte
Matthew Walker as Engineer Douglas
Peter Allen Vogt as Male Nurse
Fiona Choi as Balinese Woman
Mara Davi as Mika
Pat Battle as herself

Reception

Critical reception

On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 7% based on 142 reviews and an average rating of 3.20/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Shallow, sappy, and dull, New Year's Eve assembles a star-studded cast for no discernible purpose."^[4] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 22 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".^[5] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.^[6]^[7]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said, "New Year's Eve is a dreary plod through the sands of time until finally the last grain has trickled through the hourglass of cinematic sludge. How is it possible to assemble more than two dozen stars in a movie and find nothing interesting for any of them to do?"^[8] Kimberley Jones of the Austin Chronicle said, "Mostly, New Year's Eve is appalling stuff, a poorly constructed, sentimental sham. Auld Lang Syne."^[9] Claudia Winkleman on the BBC One show Film... said, "I have found the worst film of all time, and it is called New Year's Eve."^[10] Rolling Stone shared the same opinion and rated it zero stars, stating, "Director Garry Marshall follows last year's Valentine's Day romcom crapfest with an even more puke-up-able sample of the species," and concluding, New Year's Eve is "bad beyond belief."^[11] British newspaper The Telegraph named New Year's Eve one of the ten worst films of 2011.^[12] British film critic Mark Kermode named it as the worst film of 2011.^[13] On the more positive side, Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman said, "New Year's Eve is dunderheaded kitsch, but it's the kind of marzipan movie that can sweetly soak up a holiday evening."^[14]

Box office

The film opened at the No. 1 spot at the box office with $13 million.^[15]^[16] It made $54.5 million in the United States and Canada, as well as $87.5 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $142 million.^[3]

Accolades

The film earned five Razzie Award nominations: Worst Picture, Worst Director (Garry Marshall), Worst Actress (Sarah Jessica Parker), Worst Screenplay and Worst Screen Ensemble,^[17] losing all to Adam Sandler's Jack and Jill.

Award	Category	Recipients	Result
Alliance of Women Film Journalists^[18]	Actress Most in Need of a New Agent	All actresses in New Year's Eve	Won
BET Awards^[19]	Best Actor	Common	Nominated
Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Picture		Nominated
	Worst Director	Garry Marshall	Nominated
	Worst Actress	Sarah Jessica Parker	Nominated
	Worst Screenplay	Katherine Fugate	Nominated
	Worst Screen Ensemble	The entire cast of New Year's Eve	Nominated
Golden Trailer Awards^[20]	Golden Fleece	"One Night Domestic Trailer"	Nominated
Teen Choice Awards^[21]	Choice Movie Scene Stealer: Female	Lea Michele	Nominated

Parodies

New Year's Eve, and its predecessor Valentine's Day, were parodied in December 2011 on the sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live in a trailer for the fictional film The Apocalypse, set on the last day on Earth.^[22] They were similarly parodied on the TV show 30 Rock, in the January 2012 episode "The Ballad of Kenneth Parcell", in a trailer for a film called Martin Luther King Day, whose large cast includes Jenna Maroney.^[23]