Just how far would two undiscovered Canadian musicians go to book a show at the Rivoli, a Toronto club (and sometime music venue) best known for helping to launch comedy talents like Kids in the Hall back in the day? Far and away the wildest film of the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival, “Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie” charts the crazy-long obsession of Canadian comic duo Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol to scheme their way onto the semi-famous stage — a low-hanging goal that supports some of the most high-concept mockumentary gags Canada has ever seen (not counting a mock politician’s suggestion that it become the 51st state). Call it “an adventure 65 million … er, 17 years in the making,” as the time-travel comedy represents Johnson’s dream project: a career-spanning goof that’s directly where the satirist’s mind went after the success of “BlackBerry” earned him carte blanche on his next project.-Variety

“A Thrilling, roof-shaking blast”-Slate

“There is a beautiful, almost transformative kind of pain in watching the epic new Canadian comedy Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie.”-The Globe & Mail