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Nov 20, 2015 · The Night Before is a well-intentioned comedy with some big laughs and some big misfires, but it ultimately works because Rogen and his well-cast buddies ground it in a way that makes them likable. A killer Michael Shannon supporting performance never hurts either.
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For the last 10 years, lifelong buddies Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie) have gathered on Christmas Eve to celebrate the holidays with a bang.
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Nov 17, 2015 · Seth Rogen takes the high holidays literally in "The Night Before," a raucous drug-fueled ode to the seasonal spirit’s power to help man-children mature into responsible adults.
Nov 20, 2015 · Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie) have been friends since childhood, and for a decade, their yearly Christmas Eve reunion has been an annual night of debauchery and hilarity.
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By Terri Schwartz
Updated: Nov 24, 2018 7:04 pm
Posted: Nov 17, 2015 4:45 am
Jonathan Levine's The Night Before was sold as a raunchy, drug-filled Christmas adventure starring three of Hollywood's most likable actors: Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. If it had been just that premise, it almost certainly would have been a fun movie, but The Night Before is much more and much better than its marketing gives it credit for.
The comedy follows three childhood best friends -- Rogen's Isaac, Mackie's Chris and Levitt's Ethan -- who began a yearly tradition to celebrate Christmas together after a tragedy struck Ethan's life. They stick with that yearly celebration of spending the holiday with their friend-family for over a decade, but as they enter their 30s and family and fame demand their own time commitments, the guys decide to end the tradition with one last hurrah.
During one of their earlier Christmases together, they had heard about a legendary secret party called the Nutcracker Ball, and it becomes their white whale. As Isaac and Chris move on with their lives -- Isaac is about to start a family with his wife Betsy (Jillian Bell), while Chris is rising to fame as a football star after an incredible season -- Ethan is stuck, clinging to their tradition as his life stalls out around him. He finds three tickets to the Nutcracker Ball during that last Christmas together, and drags his best friends along on a crazy adventure as a way to embrace their youths by living out this old dream.
The Night Before works on many levels, both as a funny, drug-filled comedy and as a more emotional and relatable personal story. The film plays all of its stars and supporting actors to their strengths, particularly Michael Shannon, who is a standout as a drug dealer who's more than meets the eye. The movie doesn't perfectly stick its landing, but ...
Nov 20, 2015 · The Night Before: Directed by Jonathan Levine. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie, Jillian Bell. On Christmas Eve, three lifelong friends spend the night in New York City looking for the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.
Nov 16, 2015 · ‘The Night Before’: Film Review. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Anthony Mackie hunt for the world's best Christmas party in Jonathan Levine's latest.
