The Night Before

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      This week brings us the second Christmas movie of the season, in the form of the stoner comedy The Night Before.
Ethan, Issac, and Chris (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, and Anthony Mackie) are life long friends, and after the death of Ethan's parents, the tradition of partying Christmas Eve was born.
       Years later they all agree that this is the last year for the partying. This year they were able to get tickets to the coveted Night Cracker ball. Everyone has their personal battles to deal with: Ethan is afraid of being alone, Issac is having a baby and Chris is trying to deal with being famous. All of these problems come out in full force during the film.
     This film is directed by Jonothan Levine, who directed Levitt and Rogen in the cancer film 50/50 comes back to direct this film, while it is not as good it is not without some merits. The movie is very funny, with one of the better performances done by Rogen. I feel the cinematography was well done especially in a few scenes that included the entrance to the ball. The one problem I had was the heart of the film. It started out in an amazing way that could have went somewhere, but in the end seemed to be cut in favor of making it more of a comedy.
      In the end, it's not a terrible film just missing a few things.
GRADE:B-

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