Just imagine…
A collage work project, put
together probably by some juvenile film-making training programme student! The result
is this movie! The movie derives its Basic DNA from its forefather “The Valentine’s
day”, but it seems to have undergone some sort of a mutation during the gestation,
resulting in a sloppy, Premature & over-romanticised comedy! It has somehow
diluted the purity, freshness & simplicity of its ancestor’s chromosomes!
With over a dozen characters
thrown in, one has to be in alert mode in order to stay aligned with the
character-shifting almost-fairy tale-like sequences. Actually, it shouldn’t matter
if you miss it in bits & parts especially if you have some overly-romantic imagination;
you would easily be able to guess where everyone would be, with whom & most
of it- by 11:59!
Hillary Swank with the help of
friend Ludacris makes sure that the Times Square Ball drops on time! Robert de Nero,
is the dying father having a strained relationship with his daughter Hillary.
Halle Berry is the caring Nurse having a “skype” relationship with Common, her
Soldier Fiancé. Sarah Jessica Parker is a concerned mother uncomfortable with
allowing her 15 year old daughter unsupervised at midnight! Josh Duhamel is the
son of Cherry Jones & is in love with Sarah. 2 couples competing for a cash
prize for the first baby delivered post-midnight-on the new year’s eve.
Michelle Pfeiffer trying to fulfil her last years “New year’s resolution” with
the aid of Zac Efron. Zac’s friend,
Ashton Kutcher, is stuck in lift with Lea Michelle, Rockstar Jon Bon Jovi’s background
singer. Jon is trying to sort out his relationship with his caterer
ex-girlfriend, Katherine Heigl. Russell Peters & Sofia Vergara are Katherine’s
helpers…& many more short stories! Phew!
In all this confusion &
hustle-bustle the romance evaporates & the only “comedy” left in this “romantic-comedy”
is the performance of Sofia Vergara! But I guess as Indians, we are used to multi-
charactered soaps, sagas & serials! The film is far better than the soaps
& reality shows that are aired in the “eve”ning slots on some family
entertainment channel!
With 18 names on the poster of a
movie that is 1:58min long, it simply means only approx. 7min each! All the
actors are underutilised! Watch the movie if you simply live on super-romantic
ideas! But do not expect it to be as good as “the Valentine’s Day”!
Still better than the Bollywood
movies released this weekend! It’s a light-hearted romantic movie that just manages
to keep you engaged in its theme of love, resolutions, forgiveness &
second-chances.
L(ov+uc)
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