Posted on December 11, 2011 by Valentina
With an all-star cast including Robert De Niro, Ashton Kutcher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Halle Berry, Jon Bon Jovi, Sofia Vergara, Katherine Heigl and more, it was no surprise to me that “New Year’s Eve” was a great movie. Then again, I’m a sucker for a good chick flick, so there’s that too.
If you’re a fan of movies with intertwining story lines, such as “Parenthood” (1989), ”Love, Actually” (2003), “He’s Just Not That Into You” (2009), or “Valentine’s Day” (2010), then you will probably enjoy “New Year’s Eve” as well. I found that the movie itself wasn’t as interwoven as some of the others I mentioned, where it seemed like the characters and their respective plot lines came in a full circle, but it was satisfying nevertheless.
It tells the story of several different characters, centered around New Year’s Eve 2011 in New York City. The highlight of the movie, for me, was Zac Efron and Michelle Pfeiffer, as the enthusiastic young 20-something (who wants to get the tickets for the hottest party in town) and the 40- or 50-something woman who has an epiphany (or breaks down, depending on how you look at it) and makes a deal to give him the tickets he is looking for in exchange for helping her cross off items on her bucket list.
The rest of the stories are all very standard chick-flick-kind-of-plots, which means they are nothing that you would be surprised by, but all of them trying to make you cry, especially Halle Berry’s overseas husband. The only plot line that I think could easily make viewers misty was Robert De Niro’s sad tale of a dying man who just wants to make it to midnight.
“New Year’s Eve” is a sweet movie and definitely not a waste of money — just don’t go expecting an Oscar-worthy performance and say I didn’t warn you!
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