The Night Before Review (2015)

The Night Before (2015)

            The Night Before is a comedy starring Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anthonie Mackie.  They play three friends who are trying very hard keep their own Christmas tradition alive.  In 2008 Levitt’s character, loses his parents in a car accident, his friends try to cheer him up by taking him out.  While out partying they learn of one of New York’s most exclusive Christmas parties, called the Nutcracker Ball.  They make it a tradition to try to find a way to get into the party.  The journey takes the three characters on a rollercoaster of events that you have come to expect from a movie like this.  Rogen is high on many different kinds of drugs the whole movie, and it is hilarious.  Most of the jokes in this movie hit their mark, and with Rogen’s characters freaking while taking shrooms and cocaine at the same time, there is a consistent hallucinogenic theme.  There are also a few cameo’s that are used to great effect.  “The Night Before” is a great example of a comedy that knows its limits.  It used its characters to great effect, and it gets more emotional than your usual drug-powered comedy.  You get to like all three characters for their strengths and weaknesses because they’re very relatable.  I would recommend this movie to anyone without a second thought.  If you have liked movies like “This is the End,” and “Pineapple Express,” then you will definitely like “The Night Before.”

I give this movie an: 8/10

Reviewed by:  Edwin R.R.

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