“I Hate New Year’s” (** out of four) was a treacly drama about a rising music star (Dia Frampton) who heads back home to Nashville for New Year’s after a sudden and severe case of writer’s block and soon falls in love with a former friend (Ashley Argota) and rediscovers her passion for music and life in general. Harmless fluff benefits from upbeat performances and shimmering cinematography from Micah Ellers but is hamstrung by its overall predictability and story cliches. Hardly worth “hating” but not all that memorable; young girls may like this better.

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