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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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Jul 7

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

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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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

Jul 6

2/5

It’s pleasingly ramshackle, yet the joke wears thin. Some Borat-style interactions with real Canadian citizens seem only to reflect the movie’s DIY aesthetic rather than any comedic masterplan.

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Matt Glasby

Radio Times

4d

3/5

Johnson has compared making the film to a school reunion of sorts, and it’s because of the duo’s enduring friendship that it works so well.

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Lexi Amoriello

Movie Recs by Lex

5d

Fueled by an almost reckless passion for filmmaking itself. It’s wildly inventive, absurdly imaginative, and unafraid to push creative, cinematic, and even legal boundaries. It feels as though films like this only come along once in a generation.

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Alan Corr

RTÉ (Ireland)

Jul 7

4/5

Borrowing liberally from Bill and Ted and Back to The Future... you may also be reminded of the little seen indie movie Primer, a pointy-headed sci-fi oddity that went to great lengths to explore the genuine scientific possibility of actual time travel.

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Patricia E

Apr 17

Very original and entertaining!

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AR

Mar 21

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

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Alexie P

Mar 11

Very stoner’s night out coded

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Erynn M

Mar 11

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

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Joshua

Mar 8

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

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