Plot
On Christmas eve, three lifelong friends, two of whom are Jewish, spend the night in New York City looking for the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.

Release Year: 2015

Rating: 7.5/10 (1,477 voted)

Critic's Score: 58/100

Director: Jonathan Levine

Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Jillian Bell

Storyline
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. Now that they're entering adulthood, the tradition is coming to an end, and to make it as memorable as possible, they set out to find the Nutcracka Ball - the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.

Writers: Jonathan Levine, Kyle Hunter

Cast:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Ethan
Seth Rogen - Isaac
Anthony Mackie - Chris Roberts
Jillian Bell - Betsy
Lizzy Caplan - Diana
Michael Shannon - Mr. Green
Heléne Yorke - Cindy
Ilana Glazer - Rebecca Grinch
Aaron Hill - Tommy Owens
Tracy Morgan - Narrator / Santa
Darrie Lawrence - Nana
Nathan Fielder - Joshua
James Franco - James Franco
Miley Cyrus - Miley Cyrus
Kamal Angelo Bolden - Kamal

Taglines: Bringing joy to the world

Official Website: Official Facebook

Country: USA

Language: English

Release Date: 20 November 2015

Filming Locations: New York City, New York, USA

Opening Weekend: $10,100,000 (USA) (20 November 2015)

Gross: $10,100,000 (USA) (20 November 2015)

Runtime: 101 min

Trivia:
This is the second collaboration between Anthony Mackie and Michael Shannon the first being 8 Mile (2002) See more »

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My wife and I go to all types of movies, from independent films like Far From the Madding Crowd (good) to films like Trainwreck (excellent), Spectre (only average), to low brow movies like Horrible Bosses (excellent) and We're The Millers (very good). They all look like masterpieces when compared to The Night Before.

There is no real plot here, just three guys trying to enjoy a night out (Christmas Eve) on the town. I like Seth Rogen but he is awful here. There are several gross out scenes for cheap laughs (I may have laughed twice in the whole movie), and a supporting cast that is completely wasted. Lizzy Caplan who is so fabulous in Masters of Sex is completely misused here (must have needed a new patio).

I assumed that with a Metecritic score of 58 and the Washington Post reviewer giving it 2.5 stars the movie wouldn't be horrible, and even if it had no redeeming value it would be good for a number of laughs. I was so wrong.

I'm temped to go see the other new Christmas movie, Love the Coopers, which has a Metacritic score of 29. Could it really be worse than this movie?

Don't waste your time on this movie (time you'll never get back). Go see Brooklyn (good) or Spotlight (very good) or The Intern (excellent). They are all time well spent.

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