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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 349930" data-attributes="member: 23">New Year&#039;s Eve (2011)

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I&#039;m not quite sure why I&#039;ve ended up watching so many of these saccharine &quot;significant day&quot; romcoms in the latter part of the year, but at least I can now recognise a Love Actually knockoff when I see one. Like Christmas Eve, this attempts to create an interwoven story with a heavier hand than Richard Curtis, but I&#039;d say NYE is a more successful film than Christmas Eve since it at least feels cinematic rather than made-for-TV.

Even though it&#039;s rather uninspired and far from a great film, NYE remains watchable due to its&nbsp; impressive cast of familiar faces. There&#039;s Michelle Pfeiffer doing her mousey &quot;pre-transformation Selena Kyle&quot; bit as a woman whose near death experience pushes her to complete her bucket list by the stroke of midnight with Zac Efron&#039;s help. Robert De Niro plays the dying man (nursed by Halle Berry) determined to see the ball drop in Times Square for the final time. Sarah Jessica Parker is the film&#039;s romantic lead (and hubby Matthew Broderick has a small role as a gruff mogul). Jon Bon Jovi is surprisingly watchable as an actor while the inevitable &quot;rapper in an acting role&quot; - less surprisingly - isn&#039;t.&nbsp; Cast, supporting players and cameos range from the sublime to the ridiculous. There&#039;s Penny Marshall (her brother did direct). Ryan Seacrest as himself. And Alyssa Milano as a nurse.

It may be going for Love Actually territory, but the loosely-connnected story with many of the characters all trying to gain entry to an exclusive club night instead reminded me of a rather different film: Thank God It&#039;s Friday. With Lea Michele in the Donna Summer role, as the aspiring singer wanting to get her break, who ends up performing before the crowd. My main reason for watching in the first place was to see Lea&#039;s performance of Auld Lang Syne in context.

With expectations low, I can say this one at least met them. In fact it was quite an enjoyable way to round off my cinematic year.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 349930, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]New Year's Eve[/SIZE][/B] (2011) [IMG]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-VBkkdUFSkKE%2FTttGkQWovII%2FAAAAAAAAAEU%2FGihIz82xKRc%2Fs1600%2FNew-Years-Eve-Movie-Poster-2011.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=47fc10166ef412d2f922cb936a246c2d462d481236ac04c79a8e9fabd7cdf225&ipo=images[/IMG] I'm not quite sure why I've ended up watching so many of these saccharine "significant day" romcoms in the latter part of the year, but at least I can now recognise a [I]Love Actually[/I] knockoff when I see one. Like [I]Christmas Eve[/I], this attempts to create an interwoven story with a heavier hand than Richard Curtis, but I'd say [I]NYE[/I] is a more successful film than [I]Christmas Eve[/I] since it at least feels cinematic rather than made-for-TV. Even though it's rather uninspired and far from a great film, [I]NYE[/I] remains watchable due to its impressive cast of familiar faces. There's Michelle Pfeiffer doing her mousey "pre-transformation Selena Kyle" bit as a woman whose near death experience pushes her to complete her bucket list by the stroke of midnight with Zac Efron's help. Robert De Niro plays the dying man (nursed by Halle Berry) determined to see the ball drop in Times Square for the final time. Sarah Jessica Parker is the film's romantic lead (and hubby Matthew Broderick has a small role as a gruff mogul). Jon Bon Jovi is surprisingly watchable as an actor while the inevitable "rapper in an acting role" - less surprisingly - isn't. Cast, supporting players and cameos range from the sublime to the ridiculous. There's Penny Marshall (her brother did direct). Ryan Seacrest as himself. And Alyssa Milano as a nurse. It may be going for [I]Love Actually[/I] territory, but the loosely-connnected story with many of the characters all trying to gain entry to an exclusive club night instead reminded me of a rather different film: [I]Thank God It's Friday.[/I] With Lea Michele in the Donna Summer role, as the aspiring singer wanting to get her break, who ends up performing before the crowd. My main reason for watching in the first place was to see Lea's performance of [I]Auld Lang Syne[/I] in context. With expectations low, I can say this one at least met them. In fact it was quite an enjoyable way to round off my cinematic year.[/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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