New Year's Eve

The success of 'Valentine's Day' has lead to another romantic comedy crammed full of famous actors.

The problem I had with 'Valentine's Day' was that there seemed to be more time taken to see how many famous faces they could cram into the film rather than anything else. There was too much going on. The aim seemed to be to emulate 'Love Actually' but they failed because Richard Curtis is a far superior writer and can handle multiple story lines at once. There were some interesting stories but most were pretty forgettable.

This film is even worse to some extent. Obviously there was a rush on to get this film out. No time seemed to have been spent on a decent script. The stories are really ordinary and boring. Cliched and the type of thing you expect in a film set on New Year's Eve. Once again the cast has been assembled to try and hide the fact that the script is no good. People will be dazzled by all the stars on display. I think it would have been better if they chose a few writers to try and work on a story each. That way the stories might have been more interesting. Rather than have one person do everything at once.

The acting is not all that crash hot either. But then again this is not the greatest material for these actors to have to work with. There are some excellent actors here but this is not their finest work. A lot of these actors have won Oscars but you'd never know it after watching this film. Out of the whole cast Michelle Pfeiffer was the only one for me who stood out. Her story as OK but her character seemed a bit more interesting than most of the others. I did like some of the quick surprise cameos too.

Maybe worth a look if you have nothing else on earth to watch and you are looking for something to not have to think over.