"New Year's Eve" is an 18-minute live action short film from 2002 written and directed by Col Spector and among his more known works. This one has its 15th anniversary this year. It is a British production in the English language. The star here is of course a very young Keira Knightley, who wasn't a nobody at that point, but also far from the star she is today. Peoplw who watch the show "Episodes" will also recognize Stephen Mangan. I personally thought this was a pretty good little movie, not really for the romance, but for the comedy. The conversations about "Taxi Driver", being a couple months too late, women acting available and, last but not least, palm reading are quite entertaining to follow. And Knightley's looks certainly aren't hurting either. It is definitely a writer's movie and the actors do not have that much to work with, but they all do a fairly decent job and it is a bit of a pity it is this short and was never turned into a full feature film. I'd have checked it out for sure at 90 minutes too if Spector had taken this path. Of course, I recommend this one here. Well done to everybody involved.
Review of New Year's Eve
