The Night Before

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The Night Before

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2015,

1h 41m,

Holiday/

Comedy

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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. 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 Nutcracka Ball, the Holy Grail of Christmas parties in New York.

Critics Consensus

The Night Before provokes enough belly laughs to qualify as a worthwhile addition to the list of Christmas comedies worth revisiting, even if it isn't quite as consistent as the classics.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

Sep 1, 2017

Whatever, it was light, at times stupid, but entertaining and I was never bored.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

Apr 30, 2016

The people who made the trailers for 'The Night Before' seem to have a better idea of what it should be than the people who made the movie.

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Jake Wilson

Sydney Morning Herald

Dec 9, 2015

3/5

In The Night Before, which Levine directed and co-wrote, sweetness and crudity mingle from the outset.

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Matt Oakes

Silver Screen Riot

Oct 14, 2026

C+

An ungainly blend of Seth Rogen/Evan Goldberg's manchild maturation comedies and Levitt/Levine's maudlin, introspective dramedies, 'The Night Before' is tonally inconsistent.

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Mel Campbell

ScreenHub

Dec 29, 2025

Rather sweetly, it turns familiar, raucous bro-antics into a pageant about accepting the party’s over. … Bearish and exuberant, Seth Rogen’s Isaac gets absolutely off his holiday-sweatered tits [while] US comedy faces show up like sixpences in a pudding.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Apr 25, 2022

1.5/4

A raunchy party movie that lacks the requisite laughs or heart to make it a holiday classic

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Abraham S

Mar 17, 2019

Relying far to much on over the top performances that simply get annoying after the first 10 minutes of the film, The Night Before is a movie that you should probably stay away from.

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Han R

Feb 18, 2019

Painfully unfunny stoner 'comedy'. One of those films where there is a lot of drug taking depicted on screen but it's demonstrated in such a cringey manner that you wonder if a single person involved in the film has ever actually taken any drugs. Woeful.

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Hermione P

Jan 22, 2019

Pretty funny stuff :)

Theodore S

Jan 21, 2019

Watched it recently with boxxy software app. If you're looking for mindless comedy that doesn't require any critical thinking skills, then this classic buddy comedy is for you. It's somewhat predictable, of course, but this type of genre comedy usually is.

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Albus S

Jan 6, 2019

Hilarity at it's best. Seth Rogen, which is not my favorite actor, is superb in this one.

Theodore P

Dec 11, 2018

A pretty mediocre Christmas comedy with a likable cast.

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Jonathan Levine

Director

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Ethan

Seth Rogen

Isaac

Anthony Mackie

Chris

Jillian Bell

Betsy

Lizzy Caplan

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Synopsis

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. 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 Nutcracka Ball, the Holy Grail of Christmas parties in New York.

Director: Jonathan Levine
Producer: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, James Weaver
Screenwriter: Jonathan Levine, Kyle Hunter, Ariel Shaffir, Evan Goldberg
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Point Grey
Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Drug Use|Language Throughout|Some Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Holiday, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 20, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 16, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $43.0M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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