I probably wouldn't recommend this movie under any circumstances, but I found it enjoyable to watch on a New Year's Day afternoon as I was doing a few minor household tasks. I enjoyed seeing all the many actors/actresses I recognized. The multiple plot lines were not exactly compelling, but they did hold my interest and were entertaining.

Love Actually came to mind when viewing this movie. Unfortunately, it could not compare to the British beautifully woven tapestry that was Love Actually. Star studded for sure so where did it go wrong? The writing was probably reasonably scripted but perhaps there needed to be piecing together of the whole story so there were more connections and interactions. . The theme of love was obviously aimed for but it needed to tug the audience's heartstrings more in order to achieve that outcome. Were the actors given enough to work with? Maybe not! Some more surprises and intersecting of the characters may have helped. It is not a bad movie just disappointing when so many stars were in the movie but it failed to shine. Maybe look at the recipe used by the Brits!

The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve might not be a masterpiece but it's nowhere near as bad as i heard it was some actors actually gave some pretty nice performances like Hilary Swank, Robert De Niro, Sarah Jessica Parker and even Josh Duhamel the rest of the cast like Common, Jessica Biel, Halle Berry, Bon Jovi and more were pretty good too but no actor in this film gives an Oscar worthy performance and everyone knows what this film is about it's more about people who like this actors and like Christmas and New Year's Eve in general and i actually liked it a lot i don't think that it's a masterpiece i mean it's a bit silly like Zac Efron and Michelle Pfeiffer trying to be together and even certain characters that get a bit way crazy but other than that i think that this is a good film and i had a lot of fun watching it and if you're open minded and know what you're getting into you might not be disappointed. R.I.P Garry Marshall and a Happy New Year!!!

The movie nicely develops several sub stories to fill its duration wisely. A single story would have the movie's time-line stretched so far as two or three days back, which would make the movie feel stupid in comparison to its title. It's also good that the movie tries to use the classic approach on dealing with sub stories, which is connecting them all together into one certain event or place. Now this wouldn't be possible for all, but at least most of the stories ended very well this way. It's very nice to see so many familiar faces in this movie, both senior and junior in the industry. The main roles are executed nicely. Robert DeNiro and Halle Berry did well in their parts, so did Josh Duhamel, Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac Efron, Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl and Abigail Breslin on their parts. The supporting roles get very interesting for having names like Ludicrous, Alyssa Milano and even Tig Scweiber.