- Film Review
- Reviewed By Stella Papamichael
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2 out of 5
In Pretty Woman director Garry Marshall's follow-up to Valentine's Day, a huge string of stars fails to light up a trawl through New York on the eve of 2012, while Marshall totally disregards the earlier film's observational humour in favour of schmaltzy sentiment. Michelle Pfeiffer is the highlight as a bitter frump who aims, with the help of a relentlessly upbeat Zac Efron, to make all her dreams come true before midnight. Meanwhile, Jessica Biel gets a chuckle as a pregnant woman determined that her child be the first born of the new year. But Sarah Jessica Parker, Ashton Kutcher and Hilary Swank are lumbered with neurotic characters in banal situations, and Katherine Heigl's romance with Jon Bon Jovi is decidedly off-key. Marshall also struggles to balance this fluff with a weightier storyline that features Robert De Niro as a dying man who - for no credible reason - endeavours to see the famous ball drop in Times Square one last time. And it's fair to say that Marshall dropped the ball with this one, too.
Plot Summary
Various New Yorkers wrestle with personal and romantic challenges in their lives on the last night of the year, including a record company executive determined to make a fresh start and a dying man who wants to join the traditional Times Square festivities one last time. Comedy drama, starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Halle Berry, Sarah Jessica Parker and Zac Efron.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Stan
- Robert De Niro
- Randy
- Ashton Kutcher
- Ingrid
- Michelle Pfeiffer
- Nurse Aimee
- Halle Berry
- Kim
- Sarah Jessica Parker
- Claire
- Hilary Swank
- Laura
- Katherine Heigl
- Tess
- Jessica Biel
- Paul
- Zac Efron
- Brendan
- Chris "Ludacris" Bridges
- Jensen
- Jon Bon Jovi
- Sam
- Josh Duhamel
- Elise
- Lea Michele
- Ava
- Sofia Vergara
- Hailey
- Abigail Breslin
- Kominsky
- Hector Elizondo
- Griffin
- Seth Meyers
- James
- Til Schweiger
Crew
- Director
- Garry Marshall
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