Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

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Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

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Feb 2026

1h 39m

Comedy

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When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008.

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Critics Consensus

Combining slyly skillful filmmaking with gut-busting laughs, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie will be pure heaven for fans of the series while making happy converts of the uninitiated.

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Peter Travers

The Travers Take

Jul 24, 2026

3.5/4

It’s not what you think. It’s as if Monty Python had an excellent adventure with Bill & Ted & Borat. You will laugh helplessly.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Jul 7, 2026

5/5

The result preserves the scrappy, improvised amiability of the original while expanding it into a diabolically clever comedy, poignantly pivoting around two chums as they confront the distance between youthful certainty and middle age.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Jul 7, 2026

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is a gloriously eccentric one-off: a lo-fi time-travel picture that playfully twists the rockumentary format.

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Dionar Hidalgo

Algo Más Que Cine

Sep 14, 2026

8/10

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is a wildly inventive comedy that blends absurdity, time travel and pop culture with technical brilliance. Matt Johnson and Jay McCarroll turn chaos into a genuinely fresh and hilarious cinematic experience.

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Charlotte Simmons

The Treatment (Substack)

Aug 25, 2026

In a sentence, Nirvanna is a cinematic act of ludicrously healthy derangement, and to say that is itself an act of ludicrously healthy derangement. Welcome to my world, eh?

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Alise Chaffins

The Dominion Post

Aug 22, 2026

5/5

Matt Johnson's comedy-adventure-time-travel-prankster-musical-buddy movie...is genuinely one of the funniest and most clever movies of the year.

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Patricia E

Apr 17, 2026

Very original and entertaining!

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AR

Mar 21, 2026

show more indie movies!!!! thank you!!!!!

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Alexie P

Mar 11, 2026

Very stoner’s night out coded

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Erynn M

Mar 11, 2026

It’s a fun ride and really fun story. Love these two!

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Joshua

Mar 8, 2026

One of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen, absolutely see it with as little pre-knowledge going in as possible.

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Quinn T

@Quinn.thompson Mar 5, 2026

Was lucky enough to see this movie in theatre’s .Can’t remember liking a movie this much in a while. Amazing film.

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Synopsis

When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008.

Director: Matt Johnson
Producer: Matt Greyson, Matthew Miller
Screenwriter: Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol
Distributor: NEON
Production Co: Crave, Téléfilm Canada, Zapruder Films, Ontario Creates
Rating: R (Brief Violence|Language)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 13, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 24, 2026
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.8M
Runtime: 1h 39m

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