The Night Before

Such a good Christmas movie for adults. It's funny with a good story behind it. It follows 3 guys as they embark on their last Christmas eve going out partying. They all have revelations about their own personal lives and their friendship. Would definitely recommend watching!

This movie is hilarious. Warning: This movie contains lots of drug use, sex, swearing, and is not racially/gender sensitive. Basically 3 guy friends go out every Christmas Eve as part of tradition. This Christmas though, Seth Rogan's wife is pregnant so it will be his last time having a wild Christmas Eve night with the other 2 guys. To make up for it Seth Rogan's wife gives him a box of every drug out there. Weed, crack, coke, and so on. Well, you can imagine that makes the night interesting. The guys get in fights, bar hop, and end up at a crazy party where Miley Cyrus is performing. Expect lots of stars to popup throughout the movie...James Franco, Mindy Kaling, Jilian Bell, etc. Hilarious movie and great for any time of the year.

Hard to go wrong with a great cast, great writing and creative spin on an old story.

While most everyone enjoys a good Christmas movie this time of year, one that gift wraps themes of family, friendship, and faith, others enjoy something that can take those ideas and wrap them in a healthy dose of drug and toilet humor. A film like Bad Santa immediately comes to mind as the nearly-impossible bar to reach, but The Night Before deserves to at least be in the same conversation with that holiday classic. Like the bastard offspring of Pineapple Express and Scrooged, this is a film that manages to stay incredibly sweet and endearing while wrapped in a cloud of weed smoke. It's bound to become an annual holiday tradition in a ton of households. Writer/director Jonathan Levine gets a chance to reunite Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who he worked with on the cancer comedy, 50/50, and once again he's taking some heavy themes and putting a fine touch of tinsel all over them. This time they're joined by the infinite cool of Anthony Mackie, who rounds out their nerdy trio of best friends having one final Christmas Eve bash through the streets of Manhattan. Isaac (Rogen), Chris (Mackie), and Ethan (Gordon-Levitt) have been best friends for years, ever since Ethan was orphaned while in college. Each year they celebrate the holidays together, but life is starting to get in the way. Chris is a famous football star now, while Isaac is about to become a parent for the first time. It's Ethan who is the odd man out; his life isn't really going anywhere, his girlfriend (Lizzie Caplan) dumped him, and he's working as an elf for the Christmas season. As fortune and a little bit of thievery would have it, Ethan gets his hands on tickets to the sickest Christmas bash in the city, promising their final blowout will be one to remember. And how could it not be when Chris has them hauling around town in a giant Red Bull limousine, and Isaac is stoned out of his mind thanks to his pregnant wife's (Jillian Bell) gift of every drug on the planet. Ethan is put in the position of trying to keep his buddies on track spending time with one another rather than on their encroaching responsibilities, but can there really be such a thing when you grow up? The film posits whether it's possible to maintain friendships when family and career take precedent. So right off the bat this isn't just another film about overgrown irresponsible man-children, it's about two guys who have accepted the burdens that come with maturity, and one who is afraid of losing the only family he has left. That said, they go through some off-the-wall stuff before figuring all that out, and the screenplay by Levine, Rogen, and others excels when it balances the believable with the bizarre. Clearly inspired to make an insane version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, the film features Michael Shannon stealing the whole f'n show as the mysterious "Mr. Green". Shannon's quiet intensity (he even mentions it) has never been used to such great comedic effect, and every time he pops up, which thankfully is just enough and not too much, the film gets even funnier. But the main trio is great together, too, with Rogen getting to embrace the lovable stoner lug role he kind of left behind when he started making movies like Steve Jobs. Gordon-Levitt is the straight-man, and he's got such great emotional range that we can fully understand Ethan's trepidation over losing his friends. And then there's Mackie, who gets saddled with a weird steroid subplot and a weirder storyline involving a "Grinch" played by Broad City's Ilana Glazer, but he's always the guy who feels like he's just playing himself. In his case, that's a good thing. Even the female roles are given more attention than they typically are in these bro-comedies. Bell isn't saddled with the "overbearing wife" role that we usually find in these movies, and Caplan is perhaps the most real character of them all. In one scene, featuring a totally unexpected cameo by a huge celebrity, she basically shuts down all of those "love conquers all" fantasies that holiday movies tend to traffic in. Overall, The Night Before is just plain fun. Levine has never met an old school rap jam he didn't like, and whether it's Run DMC's "Christmas in Hollis" or Pete Rock and CL Smooth's "The Creator", there's plenty of it to go around. While one expects there to be a happy ending with plenty of good tidings and good cheer, the sentiments are small and honest without going overboard. The Night Before is easily the best Christmas movie arriving this season, and it should be a gift that keeps on giving for a long time to come.

Great fun friend filled Christmas movie about high school friends transitioning into adult friends. Def a Christmas classic!!!

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Warning warning... not for kids in any shape or form... lots of language, adult situations, drugs and generally naughty behavior! So put the kids to bed... make sure they are asleep... and put this one on! It is hilarious! It will have you rolling on the floor dying of laughter. Ad This one to your must watch Christmas movies list... The movie definitely pushes some boundaries... but it is shocking and funny all at the same time. If you like Bad Moms Christmas... this one will fit right in!

Hilarious as well as heart warming.

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Soy fan de Seth Rogen, pero esta película esta por debajo de otras como Piña Express, This is the End o Vecinos. Si están esperando algo así, no la recomendaría.

Made a great Christmas gift!

What I get asked a lot about this movie, 2 things, is it funny, is it too gross for me. If you're asking these questions, then the answer is yes, actually, YES, capital letters. If you're not easily offended then this is a great r rated Christmas comedy, with a surprising amount of heart and some great "Elf-like" riffs on other beloved Christmas movies like Die Hard and Home Alone. But, you can't really watch it with your kids, and you probably can't watch it with your parents, you've got to keep that in mind

The Night Before follows the current tradition of a Christmas party comedy, except this one is just as bland as the others. Really? Why? Why must we have these every year? We've seen one, therefore we've seen them all. This time around we follow three best friends as they party on the night before Christmas. That is it. There is no more context. Sure some weed is stolen, phones are swapped and a karaoke session is performed...but it's just a party. Christmas is a time of reflection. It is a holiday to be spent with loved ones, cherishing all the little idiosyncrasies that friends and family share. But apparently in Hollywood, Christmas is about snorting cocaine, consuming shrooms and fulfilling a joyous night with plenty of regret. However, before you discard me as the local Grinch, I did find this watchable. The narrative does include your typical comedic structure. Main characters have fun, something happens, they fight, they make up. But it's executed in a way where it feels, dare I say, intelligent? No no, I take that back. Let's face it, the cameos and film references is what makes this work. James Franco flirting with Seth Rogen's character is somewhat humorous. Who can top that? Miley Cyrus. You bring in the 'good girl gone bad' popstar to sing "Wrecking Ball". That's how you do it. I actually found her funny. *sigh*...what's wrong with me? The cast was somewhat interesting. Seth Rogen having the most experience steals the limelight, Anthony Mackie and Joseph Gordon-Levitt were just there as a side show. And why oh why oh why is Michael Shannon in this? Why? He's better than this (although he played his role with conviction). The countless film references were horrendous. Die Hard, Home Alone, Big and even The Great Gatsby. Sure this comedy felt Christmassy, but it's just another generic party-a-thon. I feel like I've questioned myself as a film reviewer, why do I put myself through these when I know I won't like them? I guess it's that small glimmer of hope that it might actually break tradition and be memorable. Nope, this isn't it.