On Christmas Eve, three lifelong friends spend the night in New York City looking for the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.On Christmas Eve, three lifelong friends spend the night in New York City looking for the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.On Christmas Eve, three lifelong friends spend the night in New York City looking for the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Heléne Yorke
- Cindy
- (as Helene Yorke)
Storyline
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- TriviaDirector Jonathan Levine revealed on Collider that a lot of the film's comedy was improvised, and the dramatic moments were per the written script, which he admitted was more like an outline guide.
- GoofsWhen Ethan has dinner at Chris' mother's house, he dials a number on his iPhone, but he actually types it in the calculator app.
- Crazy creditsThe movie opens with the 1981 Columbia Pictures logo.
- SoundtracksThe Creator
Written by Pete Rock (as Peter O. Phillips) and Grand Puba (as Maxwell Dixon)
Performed by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
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This movie is so bad it should be rated below zero
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.
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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- jwbeller
- Nov 20, 2015
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- Also known as
- Đêm Trước Giáng Sinh
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- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $43,047,372
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,880,536
- Nov 22, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $52,395,996
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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