The Night Before

2015
R
1h 41m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

84K

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Holiday Comedy Stoner Comedy Comedy Fantasy Holiday

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.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

84K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,039

2,186

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations

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Storyline

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Trivia
Director 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.

Goofs
When Ethan has dinner at Chris' mother's house, he dials a number on his iPhone, but he actually types it in the calculator app.

Quotes
[Isaac is running out of the church after vomiting]
Isaac: WE DID NOT KILL JESUS! WE DID NOT KILL JESUS!

Crazy credits
The movie opens with the 1981 Columbia Pictures logo.

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Cate Blanchett/Anthony Mackie/Tinashe (2015)

Soundtracks
The 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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Review

Featured review

8/10

Shocked by all the bad reviews

I'm a pretty tough critic when it comes to movies in general, with comedies' standards differing a bit. I was very pleasantly surprised with this movie. I expected it to be pretty funny, but nothing special. I came away thinking it was pretty funny; but also found it to have a lot of heart and actually/shockingly, quite thought provoking. As I get older, relationships with friends are becoming confusing, complicated, and frankly quite difficult. And this movie hit on that really well. I also thought Mr. Green was an amazing character; and he's now a bit of a personal cult favorite of mine id say. This goes down as one of my three or four favorite Christmas movies.