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Synopsis: Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie) have been friends since childhood, and for a decade, their yearly Christmas Eve reunion has been an annual night of debauchery and hilarity. Now that they're entering adulthood, the tradition is coming to an end, and to make it as memorable as possible, they set out to find the Nutcracka Ball - the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.
Director(s): Jonathan Levine
Production: Sony Films
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
66%
R
Year:
2015
101 min
$31,315,980
Website
2,550 Views


- Okay. That's Chris.

- Yeah.

Everybody, look who it is!

Merry Christmas, blessed Kwanzaa,

happy Hanukkah!

Hey, man. How's it going?

Look at this! Oh, my God!

I couldn't even tell you were pregnant

till I saw you from the side.

Look how tiny you are!

That's so nice of you to say.

That is how you talk to a pregnant woman.

It's amazing. You've had the season

of a lifetime. Congratulations, man.

- Congrats.

- Thanks, man.

Got a new workout, new diet,

new paleo thing I've been doing.

I've heard about that. And it works?

It rips you up. If you see me naked,

it'll blow your mind.

I'd love to.

Kick ass.

Really can't believe

we're doing this again this year.

I was done a few years ago,

to be totally honest.

We're like those kids

who won't stop trick-or-treating.

Eventually, they come to your door,

you're like, "Eh."

"No candy for you."

"Pack it in, kid."

- But this is it. This is the last Christmas.

- Last time. Right?

- Is he cool with it?

- Yeah, I think so.

He looks happy right now, right?

I'm just saying,

we're enabling him at this point.

We're not helping him

get over his own problems.

On a psychological level, that's not good.

I've made a decision.

For a Christmas present tonight,

I'm gonna take him under my wing.

I'm gonna help him

and get him out of this rut.

It's a conversation we've been avoiding

for 10 years, actually.

I know.

Just do it easy.

I'm going all in.

- Don't go all in.

- Balls and all.

Have fun.

Take good care of my husband, all right?

I like him.

We will.

Hey, Bets, tell Diana I said hello.

Yeah, no.

No, no. Merry Christmas.

Bye-bye.

- Congratulations.

- Good to see you.

- Luckiest guy in the Park.

- I sure am. Bye.

Can I talk to you for a second real quick?

What? We're not doing gifts now, are we?

No, we're doing them tomorrow, but

this one I'm pretty sure you'll want tonight.

- What is it?

- You have been such a rock...

throughout this whole pregnancy.

You're like my Dwayne Johnson.

Thank you.

It's Christmas now,

and we've almost made it...

and you deserve this.

So Merry Christmas.

Is it cologne?

No.

Holy sh*t!

It's every single drug in the whole world.

Why are you giving this to me?

You've been so focused

on me and the baby...

and tonight I think

you should just focus on yourself.

Go out there, get f***ing wild, you know?

Is this cocaine? I haven't done cocaine

for 11 years, I don't think.

No one has, I don't think.

That's amazing.

Where did you get all this sh*t?

- Craigslist.

- You got it from Craigslist?

I just typed in the search "NYC drugs."

Really resourceful of you.

It's your last Christmas together,

so have fun. Enjoy it.

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Jonathan Levine

Jonathan A. Levine (born June 18, 1976) is an American film director and screenwriter. He is well known for directing 50/50 in 2011. more…

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