Film Preview: The Night Before (2015)

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(November 15, 2015) Original

Release Date:

November 20, 2015

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best friends set out to find the Holy Grail of Christmas parties since their yearly reunion might be coming to an end.”

Poster Rating: B / C- / C

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Review: (#1) The stained-glass motif plays well into not just the religious nature of the holiday season, but of the church scene in the film in particular. It’s a mildly inventive design choice. (#2) What’s not inventive is the Superbad kind of style to this second design which just isn’t that impressive. (#3) The font gives it a boost, but it’s still not much better than its predecessor.

Trailer Rating: B- / C+

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Review: (#1) The General Audiences trailer has a lot of simple humor, but makes the film look like it might be genuinely funny. That’s what audiences tend to agree with even if critics don’t. (#2) On the other hand, the Red Band trailer, which sticks in a lot more gratuitous drug use and significant use of the word “fuck,” isn’t that clever, isn’t as funny as the prior trailer and ultimately doesn’t justify the need for such a trailer.