A raunchy party movie that lacks the requisite laughs or heart to make it a holiday classic

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 25, 2022

A stoner comedy that is nuttier than Grandma's fruitcake but just as sweet.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 3, 2021

Another wild comedy from Rogen and friends filled with drugs, scatological humor and a surprising softness able to warm even the most anti-christmas hearts.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 12, 2021

...an entertaining yet increasingly erratic comedy...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 15, 2020

Funny and moving and destined to become a new, off-the-wall holiday classic.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 3, 2020

The Night Before is not only a celebration of how we lean on those folks, particularly around the holidays, but it's also ridiculous and filthy fun.

| Feb 13, 2020

Sometimes, you just need a big, dumb comedy.

| Jan 10, 2020

The Night Before doesn't shy from clichés. Quite the opposite: it embraces them, co-opting classic Christmas motifs and turning them into something completely its own.

| Nov 5, 2019

This is the kind of movie where no amount of alcohol or class A narcotics can break our protagonists down. They just keep on rockin' hard - sometimes, with Miley Cyrus. It's kinda hilarious.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 5, 2019

The Night Before creates a satisfying resolution by keeping it small.

| Nov 5, 2019

The Night Before is the dumb, run of the mill humour we have come to expect from Rogen and whiles it does offer the gift of a festive adult-only trip to the cinema, this is one present that will probably be in the bin by Boxing Day.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 8, 2019

Although the second act flirts with all comedy and character clichés, the film gets right back on track and will surely make you feel some holiday cheer, with a side of crazy antics and great cast chemistry.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 5, 2019

I found enough laughs -- and heart -- to be entertained. If you are looking for a holiday film that's a bit dazed and confused, you will probably agree.

| Original Score: B | Jan 17, 2019

An Acid-Tripped Holiday Fairytale

| Original Score: B | Dec 13, 2018

An amiable festive comedy which touches brilliance (them) and despair (me). It's like a dream where you have to be somewhere by a certain time but you keep being waylaid en route, which made watching it anxiety-inducing. Jillian Bell is a hoot, of course.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 13, 2018

It might not supplant "It's a Wonderful Life" in the pantheon of required December viewing, but I recommend giving it a spot in your holiday rotation.

| Aug 23, 2018

If you can handle the truth, or at least a little light-hearted holiday humor, you'll get a kick out of this movie.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 22, 2018

While it's not an instant holiday classic, The Night Before manages to put a fresh spin on Christmas comedies with a funny, fast-paced, and frantic adventure starring Seth Rogen, Joseph Godon-Levitt, and Anthony Mackie.

| Feb 7, 2018

Michael Shannon plays a drug dealer selling three different kinds of weed for the occasion, built around the concept of past, present, and future; buy your ticket now

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 4, 2017

The Night Before is destined to become annual holiday viewing for a lot of people-including me-and is also one of the funniest movies of the year.

| Oct 16, 2017