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Title: The Night Before (2015)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt | ... | Ethan | |
| Seth Rogen | ... | Isaac | |
| Anthony Mackie | ... | Chris | |
| Jillian Bell | ... | Betsy | |
| Lizzy Caplan | ... | Diana | |
| Heléne Yorke | ... | Cindy (as Helene Yorke) | |
| Michael Shannon | ... | Mr. Green | |
| Mindy Kaling | ... | Sarah | |
| Ilana Glazer | ... | Rebecca Grinch | |
| Aaron Hill | ... | Tommy Owens | |
| Tracy Morgan | ... | Narrator / Santa | |
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Darrie Lawrence | ... | Nana |
| Nathan Fielder | ... | Joshua | |
| James Franco | ... | James Franco | |
| Miley Cyrus | ... | Miley Cyrus | |
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. Written by Sony Pictures Entertainment
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It's a nice hard R rated comedy starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Ethan, who lost his parents around Christmas and over the years his two best friends became his family helping him get over his grief by spending every Christmas night together since, and as the boys become men with their own lives, they decide to do one last big Christmas night.
Though Gordon-Levitt is given top billing, Seth Rogen is steeling the funny, being typical Seth Rogen (does not hurt that he produced this thing). He's hysterical and it kind of overshadows his other two stars which include Antony Mackie, who's always a pleasure to see on screen. Gordon-Levitt does make a great Straight man for Rogen's comedy with Gordon-Levitt having a Dean Martian type of charm to him (Though I see more Lou Costello than Jerry Lewis in Rogen's performance).
Michael Shannon was also in the movie doing what he does best and even poking fun at his intense quietness. While Gordon-Levitt and Mackie were working on creating a solid story about the Christmas spirit, Rogen and Shannon made this movie funny, which in the long run was far more important.
Overall, the Night Before feels like Seth Rogen is going down the road of Adam Sandler by working with all his really cool friends (yeah, Franco is in it), convincing talented dramatic actors to try comedy, and getting big celebs to do funny cameos that prove they are people too. Luckily he's not at that point in Sandler's career where watching this has become unbearable. Rogen can still bring the funny!