New Year's Day

Filmmaker Henry Jaglom plays the leading male role in his characteristically gabby New Year's Day. Jaglom is a writer who insists upon asking disturbing and intrusive questions to the revellers at a New Year's Eve party. His inclusion in the story is explained by having him sublet a California ...more

It goes without saying that a Henry Jaglom film is not for everyone, and New Year's Day is no exception. Those who find Jaglom long winded and obsessively egocentric will find nothing in Day to disabuse them of this belief; it is also true that, unlike in Jaglom's better work, Day lacks a sense of perspective -- that Jaglom and/or his characters have some knowledge of the fact that they may just be whining a bit too much about matters that are not of the greatest consequence. Day also will not ...more