Garry Marshall is still trying to remake "Love Actually." What Garry Marshall hasn't quite grasped is the reason "Love Actually" worked: Director Richard Curtis mixed broad comedy with authentic gravitas and created a varied but self-contained world with distinctive characters, each of whom could have starred in his or her own movie. In contrast, the characters in "New Year's Eve" are archetypal and many questions are left unanswered. But the result is still optimistic and as bubbly as a plastic flute of discount champagne on the much-anticipated night.
New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve
Garry Marshall is still trying to remake "Love Actually." What Garry Marshall hasn't quite grasped is the reason "Love Actually" worked: Director Richard Curtis mixed broad comedy with authentic gravitas and created a varied but self-contained world with distinctive characters, each of whom could have starred in his or her own movie. In contrast, the characters in "New Year's Eve" are archetypal and many questions are left unanswered. But the result is still optimistic and as bubbly as a plastic flute of discount champagne on the much-anticipated night.