Wipe Your Feet

Goodbye, 2011. Let us celebrate you with excerpts from reviews of the movie New Year’s Eve!

“‘New Year’s Eve’ is a depressing two-hour infomercial” — The New York Times

“There is one small moment, courtesy of Berry, that feels emotionally honest. It’s probably not even as good as I’m remembering, but comparatively it’s Olivier doing Shakespeare” and “…time drags, claustrophobia sets in and there’s nowhere to pee” — The New York Post

“[The scenes are] all brief; as Shakespeare once said, tedious, but brief” — The LA Times

“‘New Year’s Eve’ is a dreary plod through the sands of time until finally the last grain has trickled through the hourglass of cinematic sludge” and “I’m not even going to begin to summarize the paltry series of subplots the all-star cast is trapped in. I like you too much” — Roger Ebert

“Come back, Leap Year, all is forgiven” — NY Mag

“The only person who walks away with a grain of dignity is Zac Efron” — So So Gay

“Sarah Jessica Parker is playing an older, duller Carrie Bradshaw without the sex or the friends” — NPR

“Early in the film, Pfeiffer falls into a rancid pile of garbage. I can’t think of a better metaphor for the movie, which leaves a stink on  everyone associated with it” — Rolling Stone