''Best Night Ever'' is a 2013 American found footage

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written and directed by

Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer Jason Friedberg (born October 13, 1971) and Aaron Seltzer (born January 12, 1974) are American and Canadian filmmakers. They have primarily worked on parody films, which they began writing and directing during the mid-2000s. Friedberg and Seltze ...

and produced by

Jason Blum Jason Ferus Blum "Jason Ferus Blum was born in LA in 1969 to Shirley Neilsen, an art professor, and Irving Blum, an art dealer" (; born 1969) is an American film and television producer. He is the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, whic ...

, Friedberg and Seltzer. The film took place in

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and

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Plot

Four young women have a series of wild and raucous adventures during a bachelorette party in

Cast

* Desiree Hall as Claire * Eddie Ritchard as Zoe * Samantha Colburn as Leslie *

Crista Flanagan Crista Flanagan (born February 24, 1976) is an American actress and comedian, best known for her work as a cast member on the Fox sketch comedy series ''MADtv'' from 2005 to 2009, various roles in films made by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, ...

as Janet

Critical reception

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reports a 0% approval rating based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 2.59/10.

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reports a

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of 17 out of 100 based on 8 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky Ignatiy Igorevich Vishnevetsky (; russian: Игнатий Игоревич Вишневецкий; born September 5, 1986)Vishnevetsky, Ignati''Time Indefinite'': "A Talk with Sergei Loznitsa" ''Mubi'' is a Russian-American film critic, essayist ...

of ''

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'' called it "a joyless patience-tester so inept it doesn't even know how to cheat its own found-footage gimmick", further saying "the movie has more awkward dead space than jokes".

References

External links

* {{Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer 2013 films Found footage films American comedy films Films produced by Jason Blum Blumhouse Productions films 2013 comedy films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films