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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6.3/10
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- Director
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- Jonathan Levine(screenplay)
- Kyle Hunter(screenplay)
- Ariel Shaffir(screenplay)
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- Jonathan Levine(screenplay)
- Kyle Hunter(screenplay)
- Ariel Shaffir(screenplay)
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- 2 nominations
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- Kyle Hunter(screenplay)
- Ariel Shaffir(screenplay)
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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 ending, and to make it as memorable as possible, they set out to find the Nutcracka Ball--the Holy Grail of Christmas parties. —Sony Pictures Entertainment
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- Three wise men. One wild Christmas.
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- Rated R for drug use and language throughout, some strong sexual content and graphic nudity
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Did you know
- 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
Top review
A rather weird approach to friendship? Or friendship was just an excuse?
Seth Rogen is a rather intelligent producer. He and his pals (including Evan Goldberg, James Franco, Mindy Kaling, Lizzy Caplan, Randall Park etc.) have created an unusual semi-surreal kind of weird comedies, like "The interview" and "This is the end".
In The Night Before (2015/II) (because there is another (2015/I) movie with the same name in 2015 starring David Faustino!)...3 friends spend every Xmas together in search for a great party and having a good time. The dramatic element here is that one of them lost his parents in a car accident and the other 2 are trying to be supportive.
The problem is that this movie seems like it is designed to provoke, even shock. Trying to extrude laughter through harsh and dramatic situations without actually entering the limits of a black comedy.
Drugs and "tripping" play a major part in the movie. A tone of supernatural. And of course sex and relationships and friendships, the "bro" kind. Yet there are a lot to be desired and a major part of the film, although uneven, takes the lead and makes lifelong friendship to seem like it is just an excuse for some crude jokes like blood from a dripping nose into someone's drink or vomiting into a church during Xmas mass.
Overall: You wont be missing much if you avoid to see this. In the end, the basic idea of bro-friendship seems like an excuse from some surreal gags.
In The Night Before (2015/II) (because there is another (2015/I) movie with the same name in 2015 starring David Faustino!)...3 friends spend every Xmas together in search for a great party and having a good time. The dramatic element here is that one of them lost his parents in a car accident and the other 2 are trying to be supportive.
The problem is that this movie seems like it is designed to provoke, even shock. Trying to extrude laughter through harsh and dramatic situations without actually entering the limits of a black comedy.
Drugs and "tripping" play a major part in the movie. A tone of supernatural. And of course sex and relationships and friendships, the "bro" kind. Yet there are a lot to be desired and a major part of the film, although uneven, takes the lead and makes lifelong friendship to seem like it is just an excuse for some crude jokes like blood from a dripping nose into someone's drink or vomiting into a church during Xmas mass.
Overall: You wont be missing much if you avoid to see this. In the end, the basic idea of bro-friendship seems like an excuse from some surreal gags.
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- Dr_Sagan
- Feb 18, 2016
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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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