It's all perfectly pleasant and perfectly harmless and perfectly bland.
– Richard Roeper,
Richard Roeper.com,
9 Dec 2011
rotten:
The only thing that can inspire more cynicism than a holiday's coerced emotions may be a film that both exploits and celebrates said emotions.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
9 Dec 2011
rotten:
Written on the level of a bad episode of The Love Boat, this is one of those concoctions that intertwines about 10 storylines and then concludes with a cherry on top.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
9 Dec 2011
rotten:
The only entertaining way to watch New Year's Eve is as a cruel experiment in which performers stranded with absolutely no script support are forced to subsist on pure presence, which quickly becomes a blood sport in which only a few survive.
– Linda Holmes,
NPR,
9 Dec 2011
rotten:
New Year's Eve is a perfect example of why the adjective "Hollywood" is so often used as a pejorative.