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The Night Before (2015)

★ 6.1 · 1,815 ratings on TMDB

Their past, present and future. All in one night.

The Night Before poster★ 6.1

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.

DirectorJonathan Levine
CastAnthony Mackie, Ilana Glazer, Jillian Bell, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lizzy Caplan, Lorraine Toussaint
GenresAdventure, Comedy, Fantasy
The emergence reading

The Night Before keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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