Review of The Night Before (2015) by Tyler — 11 Feb 2016

** A goofy, witless film. Sheer waste of time. **.

Seth Rogen has developed a reputation for dishing out decent comedies. I essentially saw this movie because of Seth Rogen and his pedigree. I agree, as an Indian, I'm not supposed to enjoy all the cultural jokes. For example, I don't know the pop-significance of Miley Cyrus in US or the humor value of 'Hanna' associated with her name. But leaving these apart, I found the humor to be either banal or straightaway foolish.

I didn't even have one good laugh in this film. Puking in a church, images of male genitalia, half-baked cameo of James Franco, statements about male and female private parts, nosebleed in a drink, cussing a baby, drugs, having sex with a girls parents - this pretty much sums up the cumulative humor in the film. There was not a single act of decent situational humour. And I'm surprised how so many critics glossed over this banality and showered it with high ratings. I think, the money of the production house did the magic via publicity. A cheeky trailer also did the trick.

I wasted my 2 hours on this goofy, witless film. It is highly over-rated and straightaway rotten.