The New Year (film)

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The New Year
The New Year film.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Brett Haley
Written by
  • Brett Haley
  • Elizabeth Kennedy
Produced by
  • Brett Haley
  • Elizabeth Kennedy
Starring
CinematographyRob C. Givens
Edited byBrett Haley
Music byAustin Donohue
Release dates
  • April 13, 2010 (2010-04-13)(SFF)
  • July 30, 2010 (2010-07-30)(Brooklyn)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The New Year is a 2010 American comedy-drama film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Brett Haley (in his feature directorial debut). The film stars Trieste Kelly Dunn as a former high school honors student who dropped out of college to return to her hometown of Pensacola, Florida to tend her ailing father. It also stars Ryan Hunter, Kevin Wheatley, Linda Lee McBride, and Marc Petersen.

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The New Year premiered at the 12th Sarasota Film Festival on April 13, 2010, where it won the audience award. The film began a limited theatrical release on July 30, 2010.

Synopsis

Sunny was in her junior year at college when her father was diagnosed with cancer, and she came home to help look after him. Two and a half years later, Sunny's dad is still around, and so is Sunny — she works at a bowling alley, keeps an eye on her dad, has a sweet if goofy boyfriend named Neal and a good friend to confide in, Amy. Overall, Sunny is content with her life, but she knows that she's not living up to her potential and at least for the moment has given up on her dreams as a writer. Sunny gets a potent reminder of her current stasis when she gets word Isaac, who she always regarded as a rival in high school, is coming back to town for a visit. As it happens, Isaac and Sunny get along better than expected, and while he's working on becoming a successful comedian, he encourages her to start taking her own talent seriously again. Sunny feels drawn to Isaac in a way she never did before, and she has to consider her future with Neal, as well as her academic and career goals. [1]

Cast

Release

The New Year premiered at the Sarasota Film Festival on April 13, 2010 and was an Official Selection at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival. [2] The film had a one-week theatrical run at the reRun Gastropub Theater in Dumbo, Brooklyn, New York City, beginning on July 30, 2010. [3]

GoDigital eventually picked up the film and released it on VOD platforms. [4]

Reception

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, The New Year has a 100% rating based on 5 reviews. [5]

The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised Brett Haley's direction and Trieste Kelly Dunn's performance. Mark Olsen of Los Angeles Times noted that "Dunn brings an understated strength to the film's portrait of ambitions thwarted and reignited and the tension between responsibilities to one's family and to oneself." [6] Andy Webster of The New York Times wrote that Dunn was "smart and attractive [and] steadily, wordlessly conveys her character's internal struggle." [7] Steve Dollar of The Wall Street Journal stated that "Dunn carries Brooklyn-based director Brett Haley's debut with a face made for the subtle calibrations of emotional conflict." [8]

Awards and nominations

YearFestivalCategoryRecipientResult
2010 Sarasota Film Festival Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature Brett Haley Won
Los Angeles Film Festival Narrative Award for Best Narrative FeatureNominated

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References

  1. ↑ "The New Year (2010) | Synopsis by Mark Deming". AllMovie . Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  2. ↑ Everleth, Mike (May 17, 2010). "2010 Los Angeles Film Festival: Official Film List". Underground Film Journal. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  3. ↑ Tully, Michael (July 30, 2010). "NEW YEAR, THE". Hammer to Nail. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  4. ↑ Erbland, Kate. "Brett Haley's Indie Gem 'The New Year' Finally Gets Distribution". Film School Rejects . Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  5. ↑ "The New Year". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  6. ↑ Olsen, Mark (June 18, 2010). "Los Angeles Film Festival: Double exposure for Trieste Kelly Dunn". The New York Times . Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  7. ↑ Webster, Andy (July 29, 2010). "Serious Adulthood Waiting to Happen". The New York Times . Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  8. ↑ Dollar, Steve (July 29, 2010). "At War With Zombies, Boredom and Ken Russell". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved July 30, 2021.
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