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New Year's Eve
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NEW YEAR’S EVE (USA/12A/117mins)
Directed by Garry Marshall. Starring Ashton Kutcher, Lea Michele, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Abigail Breslin, Halle Berry, Jon Bon Jovi, Robert De Niro.
THE PLOT: That most maudlin time of year gets the film it deserves with a host of stars big and small, talented and untalented, playing out a series of small vignettes as the big day approaches. Abigail Breslin enjoys her first screen kiss! Ashton Kutcher and Glee’s Demi Moore lookalike Lea Michele get it on. Robert De Niro just grins and bears it. Once again.
THE VERDICT: Ah, good old Garry Marshall, the 77-year old legend who brought us Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Pretty Woman. And then Runaway Bride. And Raising Helen. And Valentine’s Day. It was the runaway box-office success of the latter, highly-insipid, star-studded ensemble piece (taking in $216m, despite being hated by everyone bar those working for Mr. Marshall) that inspired this highly-insipid, star-studded ensemble piece. Only New Year’s Eve takes insipid to a whole new level. And who the hell said it was okay to have Bon Jovi and De Niro in the same movie? RATING: *
Review by Paul Byrne
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