SCREEN | 'Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice' Fixes the Future x SXSW 2026

"I'm you and you're coming with us!"

SXSW Film & TV Festival

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, starring two Vince Vaughns, one James Marsden, and Eiza González, comedically employs time-travel elements to express its zany action-comedy set in the criminal underworld. Written and directed by BenDavid Grabinski, audiences are dropped into a dangerous night of violence as two gangsters try to survive a series of strange but escalating events.

Co-starring Keith David and Jimmy Tatro as the crime boss both Vaughn and Marsden work for, and his newly-released-from-prison son, the amusing complications of trying to fix the present with knowledge from the future unfold in inventive ways. Vaughn's generally matter-of-fact delivery of life-changing information and Marsden's reluctant bemusement anchor the fun events of the film's first half setup admirably before the all-out action breaks loose.

Of particular note, there's a seemingly random but surprisingly detailed extended conversation about a very specific piece of pop culture between the four title characters that reveals their motivations hilariously. Its near-perfect execution spectacularly unfolds the feelings behind the central love triangle at the heart of the film's time machine storyline.

Full of kitschy millennial references, M&N&N&A's slickly-produced action violence further enhances the quirky romantic comedy elements while wisely using its lightly sci-fi plot details to move its all-in-one-night events along nicely. Grabinski's second feature uses its star-studded cast and their characters' messy interpersonal relationships rather well to tell a wildly entertaining crime comedy yarn.

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice premiered at the 2026 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival (Austin, Texas) as part of the Headliners section. It will be available to stream on Disney+ in Canada (and on Hulu in the U.S.) starting March 27th.


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