The Night Before

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The Night Before is a buddy comedy written and directed by Jonathan Levine (Warm Bodies, 50/50). The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie, Lizzy Caplan, and Jillian Bell.

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.

“At first, we thought we would just make a movie about people going out on Christmas and they party and get messed up and it’s funny,” Rogen says. “Later, we realized that Christmas has this inherent emotional weight to it, and why not indulge in that?”

Adds director Levine, “I wanted to make a New York movie, a hangout movie, and play with the stylistic elements of a Christmas movie, and play with the rules of the genre. We got to make a movie that was very grounded on one level, but also contained elements of magical realism. But the really cool thing about making a holiday movie is your number one mandate is to make people happy.”

The Night Before is rated 18A.