Season 1 · Episode 17 ·
New Year’s Eve
The One Where Hilary Swank Drops the Ball
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 7%
- Budget
- $56 million
- Box office
- $142 million
Rotten Tomatoes score via Wikidata. Budget and box office via TMDB.
About the episode
This week on The Worst Movie Podcast, Ade and Aaron ring in the new year with New Year’s Eve (2011) — the bloated, celebrity-packed rom-com that treats Times Square like a narrative dumping ground. Directed by Gary Marshall and stuffed with more recognizable faces than an Oscars montage, the film juggles dozens of half-baked story lines involving dying wishes, stalled elevators, maternity ward competitions, and a fragile New Year’s Eve ball.
So grab your champagne, set your expectations low, and join Ade and Aaron as they slog through paper-thin characters, relentless exposition, and a holiday movie that somehow makes optimism feel exhausting. Because if New Year’s Eve taught us anything, it’s that stuffing a movie with stars doesn’t guarantee fireworks — sometimes it just guarantees a very long countdown.
Send us Voicemail · Send us Email
About the movie
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.
- Director
- Garry Marshall
- Starring
- Hilary Swank, Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac Efron, Robert De Niro, Halle Berry, Jessica Biel
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
Movie details via TMDB.
