Triumphant.

As has always been the case with Nirvanna The Band, I leave instilled with the faith that film still has so many wonderful, inventive, hilarious and bold places to go. Boundary pushing but also gleefully aware of the boundaries. Matt Johnson and team have just as much fun inside the box as they do outside of it. The Q&A afterwards almost feels mandatory to fully grasp just how much is going on under the hood of this thing, a miracle of ingenuity and experimentation. When this comes out, I implore you to see it. And once you do, seek out Matt and Jay talking about it to fully grasp how brilliant these fellas are. Pure magic.

Truly magical. Possibly a masterpiece.

There is a certain kind of magic Matt Johnson is uniquely skilled at conjuring. Fans of the popular Vice web series already knew this, more people discovered it when watching Blackberry, but Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie is that singular Matt Johnson magic fully realized. Hilarious, yes (I want to avoid festival hyperbole, but I’ve never seen such uproarious laughter during a screening in my lifetime), but what I’ve appreciated more about Johnson & McCarrol’s comedy series is how much of it is rooted in love. On a production level, the love of a filmmaker who is willing to make a more “Hollywood friendly” biopic (without compromising his artistic voice) in order to fund his passion project. But also on a narrative level, 2 friends who love each other so immensely, not even the universe can keep them apart.

how on earth did they make this lol

Finally some cinema, will quite possibly become a 5 star by morning

EDIT: and just like that, we're a 5

Comedy masterpiece. 

There’s a gag related to THE HANGOVER that might be the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.

Had to do round three for Midnight Madness in TORONTO ITSELF and it was amazing, thank you Matt and Jay

The LAWRENCE OF ARABIA of movies.

Couldn’t resist round 2, this whole creative team are geniuses

NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE is an absolutely brilliant time-traveling buddy comedy from the ingenious mind of Matt Johnson. There’s no reason this should work as well as it does but it’s absolutely hilarious and incredibly well-conceived considering its DIY budget. I don’t even know how they got away with some of the gags and references in this considering the copyright legalities involved, which makes it all the more awesome. It’s a miracle this even exists. A pure example of what independent filmmaking is all about.