Our favorite New Year's Eve moviesThe biggest difference is that, while the previous film focused almost Furthermore, although the film once again features Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher, and Hector Elizondo a veteran of Marshall's films, they play different characters than the ones they played in Valentine's Day. Where else to be on the last day of the year than in New York, specifically Times Square? This makes perfect sense.
For one thing, whereas Valentine's Day took place in Los Angeles, New Year's Eve takes place in New York City. But there are some key differences. All feature a number of characters whose lives are, to some degree, interconnected. Unabashed star vehicles, both films are a series of intercut vignettes taking place over the course of one day. If you've read my reviews, then it's your own fault for not seeing this coming a mile away.
New Year's Eve movies ImageYes, this is yet another instance of me going easy on a romantic comedy. It's mushy, routinely implausible, a little too coincidental, and often times highly predictable, and yet I found the subplots a lot easier to keep track of, I could invest in more of the characters, and in some instances, I was genuinely touched. I described it as a romantic comedy with Attention Deficit Disorder. I could easily make the same argument for New Year's Eve, and yet I feel much more forgiving this time. Garry Marshall's New Year's Eve is ostensibly a sequel to last year's Valentine's Day, a film I was very critical of for its surplus of subplots, overabundance of characters and ceaseless intercutting.
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