Last week, I got the chance to watch one of the most anticipated movie, NEW YEARS EVE. Thanks to Warner Brothers Picture for the advanced screening invites. MPAA rating: PG-13 (for language, including some sexual references) Running time: 1:57
The movie has different (Actually 8) interconnecting stories, “New Year’s Eve,” which is set in New York City on Dec. 31. Hilary Swank plays the overseer of the big ball drop (Mayor Michael Bloomberg, looking a lot like Joel Grey, makes an appearance), but the ball has mechanical problems, which means a cameo for Marshall’s eternal good-luck charm, Hector Elizondo. I always enjoy Elizondo; he has a way of elevating some pretty lame banter, and thanks to “New Year’s Eve” he has his way all over again.
Elsewhere in the great big city, a wondrous toy, just made for a girl and boy: Ashton Kutcher and Lea Michele are stuck in an elevator together. Robert De Niro lies dying in a hospital, hoping to see the ball drop from the rooftop one last time. Halle Berry is his nurse. Michelle Pfeiffer is the mousy record company executive who cuts loose with the help of hopped-up delivery boy-man Zac Efron. Katherine Heigl (playing a Type A control freak, for a change) and Jon Bon “Blase Beyond Previously Known Human Limits” Jovi discuss past heartache and future prospects at the swank New Year’s Eve party hosted by Cherry Jones, whose son, Josh Duhamel, is stuck in Connecticut and trying to get back. Sarah Jessica Parker is the mother of Abigail Breslin, the latter desperate to get off on her own with her pals.
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I think the movie is better than VALENTINES DAY, another film shown with an ensemble cast. Somehow comparative since most of the plot and how the stories were narrated are just the same. Except for the climax of The New Years Eve brought me into more hopeful season, joyful holiday. “New Year’s Eve” celebrates love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and fresh starts, in intertwining stories told amidst the pulse and promise of New York City on the most dazzling night of the year.
Heigl and Bon Jovi, Im not a big fan of the team up. Bon Jovi’s painfully mellow demeanor is the worst possible match for her. Michelle is playing a woman whose sadness is conveyed primarily by her terribly styled brown hair, and at first I dont know if Efron will end up loving her, which is pretty interesting aside from the age gap.
Josh Duhamel is pretty, but here his character really might as well be named Tux Mannequin. Sarah Jessica Parker is so gorgeous playing an older, duller Carrie Bradshaw without the sex or the friends. Yeah I can always see her role in Sex in the City. Hilary Swank won two Oscars, and here she’s adrift in yet another story about how career women’s lives are passing them by. I felt sad on Berry’s role. Very minimalist and just fine. Her minute of indisputable sentiment with her chatmate fiancé slash boyfriend of long distance relationship are the saddest part of the film.
I think Filipino audience will like this film. Its full of hope. Only two character stands out for me. Sophia Vergara has always been my favorite since Modern Family. She delivers her role without the effort of acting on it. And also I love Zac Efron’s character, he seems very matured in his role. Oh well the movie is really a feel good movie that I wanted to have my own version of New Year’s Eve experience in New York.
The film also stars Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Abigail Breslin, Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher, Lea Michele, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Til Schweiger, Ryan Seacrest, Hilary Swank and Sofia Vergara.
Opening across the Philippines on Dec. 8, “New Year’s Eve” is a New Line Cinema presentation distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
Also, De Niro gets off a nice under-the-breath zinger in the end-credits outtakes. And when I sad dont forget the credits, I mean it. There’s more hilarious scenes out there!
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