With an all star cast showing up in a session of vignettes and directed by the master of romantic comedy, Garry Marshall, this film has to be successful! Marshall did a film similar to this one before called Valentine's Day. The similarities include a series of small movies within the movie depicting various stages of romantic involvements. A big cast filled with super stars and up and comers insure this movie will work, on any level. Who has not made a New Year's resolution that they eventually broke? Some scenes were actually shot during New Years Eve at Times Square in New York City.arry Buckingham, played by Robert De Niro (The Godfather II, Taxi Driver) is hospitalized and dying on New Years Eve.ichelle Pfeiffer (The Fabulous Baker Boys, Frankie & Johnny) is Ingrid, a woman who has many resolutions she has left unfulfilled. am Ricker is a businessman looking for the girl he met last New Years in New York, hoping for a reunion. He is played by Josh Duhamel from The Transformers, The Romantics.essica Biel plays Tess and she's about to have a baby on New Year's Eve. Biel is known for her roles in The A-Team, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. n unhappy about working on New Years Eve, Laura Carrington is played by Katherine Heigl (Grey's Anatomy, Knocked Up).lso watch for Jon Bon Jovi (Grammy winner singer and actor) is Jensen, successful rock star, Zac Efron (Charlie St. Cloud, 17 Again) is Paul, Ashton Kutcher, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Halle Berry."