Three wise men. One wild Christmas.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogan, Anthony Mackie, Jillian Bell, Lizzy Caplan, Michael Shannon |
| Director |
Jonathan Levine |
| Screenplay | Jonathan Levine, Kyle Hunter, Ariel Shaffir, Evan Goldberg |
| Music | Marco Beltrami, Miles Hankins |
| Cinematography | Brandon Trost |
| Editing | Zene Baker |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Datasat |
| Made in | 2015 |
| Produced by | Columbia Pictures, Good Universe, LStar Capital, Point Grey Pictures |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Language | Strong and frequent |
| Nudity | Moderate, infrequent |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Mild impact, infrequent |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None (sic) |
| Comments | |
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Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Suggested age limit 17 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
| Violence |
Sex |
Language |
| Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Stephanie Merry  Dudes' night out will get you in the festive spirit. | 10 |  |
| Cape Times John DeFore Festive mayhem. | 10 | |
| ScreenIt T. Durgin This is one of those holiday movies like Bad Santa or The Ref that you'll pop into your Blu-Ray player in years to come or call up on pay per view when you are feeling Yuletide naughty and not holiday nice. | 13 |  |
| Metacritic.com 31 critics | 12 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 120 critics | 12 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The Night Before provokes enough belly laughs to qualify as a worthwhile addition to the list of Christmas comedies worth revisiting, even if it isn't quite as consistent as the classics. | 13 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 13 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Holiday comedy is extremely vulgar but still kind of sweet. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 42 users | 12 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 19573 users | 14 |  |
| Internet 5814 Netizens Great comedy movie with cute Jewish men. | 15 | |
Average .. 61% | 12 | |