- 6
...the kind of marzipan movie that can sweetly soak up a holiday evening.
—Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly
- 5
I always enjoy Elizondo; he has a way of elevating some pretty lame banter, and thanks to New Year's Eve he has his way all over again.
—Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune
- 4
The cast, at least on paper, is formidable, if ill-used.
—Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor
- 4
It's safe to say to no idea was nixed on the set of New Year's Eve for being too cheesy or sentimental; if anything, ideas were nixed for not being sentimental or cheesy enough.
—Nathan Rabin Onion AV Club
- 4
Few of the plot strands connect to one another, much less resolve themselves with any degree of wit or daring.
—Andrew Barker Variety
- 3
The result proves to be as appealing and effervescent as a flute of flat champagne.
—Michael Rechtshaffen Hollywood Reporter
- 3
...a depressing two-hour infomercial pitching Times Square as the only place in the universe you want to be when the ball drops at midnight on Dec. 31. (Believe me, it's not.)
—Stephen Holden New York Times
- 3
...a dreary plod through the sands of time until finally the last grain has trickled through the hourglass of cinematic sludge. How is it possible to assemble more than two dozen stars in a movie and find nothing interesting for any of them to do?
—Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times
- 3
Sitting through New Year's Eve is like attending a crowded party filled with pretty people who have nothing to say.
—Claudia Puig USA Today
- 2
The lesson to learn from watching Garry Marshall's , a predictably insufferable, self-congratulatory cash cow designed to be ingested and then happily discharged without a second thought by gullible moviegoers who just don't know any better, is that we live in a time without economic dignity, a time in which we must be ready to do just about anything for a paycheck.
—Richard Larson Slant Magazine
- 0
...bad beyond belief.
—Peter Travers Rolling Stone
- 0
A movie so excruciating that it makes its predecessor, Valentine's Day, seem like Nashville in comparison...
—Melissa Anderson Village Voice