The Night Before's reviews
Media reviews
The Washington Post
"'The Night Before' is not a Christmas miracle, but it is good for a laugh or two. And it's not a bad way to get into the spirit of the festivities."
Rolling Stone
So what if this ramshackle farce doesn't always hit its marks. It's got the spirit. Go with it.
The Hollywood Reporter
A Christmas comedy whose warm and fuzzy theme doesn't get in the way of the hedonistic action fueling its laughs.
The A.V. Club
Levine, Rogen, and company manage to convey holiday sweetness and sadness without resorting to quasi-cynical posturing about what a pain the season is. Not many of the movie?s jokes linger after the credits roll, but its inclusive warmth does.
Variety
Little more than a Christmas-y spin on many of the actor?s prior comedies, Jonathan Levine?s film nonetheless generates significant humor from its tale of three lifelong friends who come together on Dec. 24.
New York Times
The emotional moments don?t pay off any better than most of the jokes, which reach for the safest kinds of provocative punch lines having to do with sex, race and religion.
Indiewire
"A hangover wrapped in gold paper (...) Its hodgepodge of honest emotions and outlandish comedy never finish to be a proper cocktail."
New York Post
"I was looking for a metaphor to capture the experience of watching 'The Night Before', when a character falls back on a container full of garbage bags. Thanks, guys!."
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote