“New Year’s Eve” Stars Shine

By Alexandra Gutierrez

It’s New Year’s Eve. Times Square is crowded with thousands of people from all around the world. You rush to check every resolution off your list, get tickets to the hottest party in town, sing back up for one the biggest guys on the music charts, and of course, you must get a kiss from that one oh-so-special person at midnight when the ball drops. May the magic of the day make all these things come true.

“Valentine’s Day” director, Garry Marshall is back with another holiday-themed romantic comedy. “New Year’s Eve” casts A-list stars such as Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert DeNiro, Halle Berry, Hilary Swank, and many more. The movie consists of many story lines and characters that are all somehow connected.

While Josh Duhamel is on his way into the city from his friend’s wedding in upstate New York, he runs in to a little car trouble and is forced to find an unpleasant way home for a party and his big speech. Meanwhile, Hilary Swank is scrambling around trying to make the ball drop go successfully, but of course, that doesn’t happen. Robert DeNiro, just blocks away from Swank, is in the hospital fighting cancer, just hours away from death, and all he wants is to watch the ball drop one last time. Halle Berry, his nurse, stays by his side until the very end and then she’s able to have a little New Year’s gift of her own.

Ashton Kutcher, the Grinch who stole New Year’s Eve, spends most of his day stuck in an old elevator with his neighbor from 5B, Lea Michele. And all she wants to do is get out of there so she can go sing back up for Jon Bon Jovi who is madly in love with Katherine Heigl. Meanwhile, Michelle Pfeiffer is a woman who spends her days in a cubicle, but with the help of Zac Efron, she turns her whole year around within a matter of hours.

 And you can’t forget about the 15 year old girl played by child star, Abigail Breslin  who is praying her mom, Sarah Jessica Parker, will let her skip out on their plans so she can spend her night in Times Square and steal the special midnight kiss from Jake T. Austin.

Every character witnesses a tiny bump in the road, but all is well in the end because all of them begin their new year happy.

Last year’s “Valentine’s Day” fell a couple levels short of expectations, but “New Year’s Eve” is definitely worth more of a watch.

“New Year’s Eve” is rated PG-13 for language including some sexual references.

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