The Night Before

2015

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy

67
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 68% · 159 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 61% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 87007 87K

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Plot summary

In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best friends set out to find the Holy Grail of Christmas parties since their yearly reunion might be coming to an end.

Top cast

Anthony Mackie as Chris Roberts
James Franco as James Franco
Lizzy Caplan as Diana
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742.15 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 10
1.54 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 35

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by drewnes 6 / 10

"She Home Alone'd me!"

I need to watch more holiday movies this month and this randomly popped up on my feed. I don't know why I didn't watch this in theaters because it was pretty funny. You can tell a lot of the jokes were improvised on the spot (which I love) and Michael Shannon might be my favorite thing about it.
Reviewed by FONYMAHONEY 7 / 10

A solid, silly & seasonal 7/10.

Good fun, this - it's a fairly uninspired premise overall, but the dialogue and performances are so strong it almost brings it to a realm of its own.Not funny or clever enough to be an 8, but too entertaining & powerful and understated (particularly now, in 2024 when everything is heavy handed to the point of childish) to be a 6 - as Christmas films go, it's really good. As far As films in general, it's very average and probably not massively re watchable on its own cinematic merits.That being said, I wish there were more Christmas movies of this ilk, properly for adults with heart without resorting to heavy-handed schmaltz, and a bit sweary - I guess the reviews here indicate the audience for them isn't as vast as I'd like to think (same for the brilliantly original Violent Night), but I for one would love to see a film made soon which leans into the adult energy as wholesale as this does. Too many 'adult' Christmas films lately are trying too hard to please everyone. The Night Before is refreshing and increasingly a festive staple for me, year on year.Recommend.
Reviewed by jmoneyjohal 7 / 10

A mindless but hilarious stoner comedy about Christmas tradition

The Night Before surprisingly was highly enjoyable, and had many hilarious moments. I am saying this because Seth Rogen's last two comedic productions the Neighbours and The Interview left me very underwhelmed. So The Night Before is a comeback of sorts,and though The Night Before strived to become on of those Christmas classics people watch every Christmas it didn't quite hit that mark, but as a mindless stoner comedy its target audience well lap this film. For a film like The Night Before however a deep analysis is not really needed because from the onset, from the films trailer its was know to all the film was a in the "stoner comedy" genre,so a great story etc was not excepted. The only criteria for this film then is that is it funny or are the jokes stale.

Story wise for the last 10 years, lifelong buddies Ethan,Isaac and Chris have gathered on Christmas Eve to celebrate the holidays with a bang. As Isaac prepares to become a first-time father, the friends realize that their annual tradition is coming to a sad end. To make it as memorable as possible, they plan a night of debauchery and hilarity by searching for the Holy Grail of Christmas parties in New York.

Acting wise Seth Rogen is in full comic form, he pretty much shoulders the whole film on his back with an hilarious up roaring act. Josh Gordon-Levitt looked out of place at times in the film, but his scene with Miley Cyrus makes up for any blemishes he had.Anthony Mackie at times felt like he was doing a rehash of his Pain and Gain role, but he showed a good comic flair.

A film like The Night Before should be judged if the comic gags, and jokes actually work in the film or they just the same run and done clichéd comic scenes we see every other comic film. And this were The Night Before sets itself apart from the other recently Seth Rogen productions. Three scenes which mightly impressed me were the whole Seth Rogen drug induced act, the whole girl stealing weed from Mackie scene, and the Miley Cyrus scenes, all theses scenes will leave you in splits . However there some weird scenes in the film, for example the whole drug dealer sequences and how he flies away with his wings in the end is just plain outlandish. I think those scenes are made for some real serious stoners, I don't know. But I must say that Seth Rogen's comic act is what makes this film so enjoyable, he is the films soul,the church scene is him at his comic best.

Overall while The Night Before is no Christmas classic, but for its target audience this film is a winner all the way. Its mindless yes, but its damn hilarious, and I completely enjoyed the film. I just hope families don't go watch this film together thinking its a regular Christmas film, lol.

3.5/5* or 7/10

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