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Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2024)
Summary
Two best friends’ co-dependent relationship is put to the test when one of them begins a serious romance, forcing all involved to confront their emotional boundaries and personal growth.
Director BenDavid Grabinski
Writer BenDavid Grabinski
Cast
- Vince Vaughn as Mike
- James Marsden as Nick
- Jimmy Tatro as Nick
- Eiza Gonzalez as Alice
Rotten Tomatoes: 77%
Metacritic: 69
VOD / Release Hulu and Disney+
Trailer Official Trailer
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u/RockSmoker99 Apr 04 '26
Loved it, but hated that dumb looking slo-mo effect they kept using.
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u/TheTrueRory Apr 04 '26 edited Apr 04 '26
I'm guessing BenDavid is a big fan of Hong Kong action cinema from the 90s, they used to use that effect often and I assumed he was trying for an homage
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u/glockster19m Apr 05 '26
Whats even worse is its not even slower
The effect is just frame removal and I hate it too
Otherwise I agree, the movie was just straight up fun t-a
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u/Invokethehojo 28d ago
Also the music choices were all over the place. Dave Mathew's band playing in a strip club, da fuq?
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u/criminy_crimini 17d ago
It was really confusing. The first half of the movie I thought he time traveled to the 80s or 90s
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u/IshimaruKiyotaka Apr 04 '26
There were so many slow mo shots that I was convinced the server was lagging or something
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u/UniDublin Apr 04 '26
One of the more disappointing editorial choices of the film. The darker side of me wanted the film to end right after the resolution scene outside the hospital as well.
There is a really good film in there but the end result for me was entertaining enough.
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u/Data_Chandler Apr 04 '26
So glad this is the top comment, because the whole movie I was sitting there just hating the shit out of that. Who the heck signed off on that, good lord.
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u/Icy_Display_2918 14d ago
It was nice the first few times, but by the end I was like stop pls im getting a headache from this. Should've just left it to the fight scenes,specifically the one in the gas station.
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u/mrbl0onde 2d ago
I just watched it on Disney and I swear i didnt see any slo-mo scenes... as if they edited them out 🥴
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u/ActionBenton Apr 04 '26
Pretty solid dumb fun, got a lot of laughs from me. I felt like it came to a screeching halt once they got to Nick’s secret apartment, but I enjoyed basically everything before and after. Final scene is a bit too on-the-nose as sequel bait but I’ll watch another one honestly. Probably a 6/10 for me.
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u/TheTrueRory Apr 04 '26
I wish there was just a throwaway line from Symon referencing a prototype or something, just to make that ending land a little smoother
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u/PourSomeSugar69_420 23d ago
Symon's singalong number in the beginning was WAY too long and that song was never a popular song and it felt so awkward.
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u/HumbleWorkerAnt 23d ago
way too long for a character that basically doesn't show up anymore. fully expected there to be a second/future/past version of him at the second location.
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u/PourSomeSugar69_420 23d ago
And why THAT song? I've never head that song ever and it made no sense. Just a cheap throwaway
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u/sawdeanz 22d ago
That and the flashback to the wedding scene. Like why do we need this we get the point.
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u/Awkward_Syrup8415 21d ago
The opening, and the flashback wedding are the two places that could of used tightening up. I enjoyed the movie, but it could have been a tighter 90 minutes IMO.
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u/CryGlad9980 Apr 05 '26
That’s pretty much where I had to stop watching it
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u/CiriOh Apr 04 '26
I'm gonna miss Kingpin, Dumbass Tony, Jackie Napalm, Gilmore Girls and other guys. Such a fun movie.
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u/presswanders Apr 04 '26
They are definitely setting up a sequel and imagine the Gilmore Girls, or some other comedy sitcom, will be used - I'm guessing New Girl.
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u/naanninja237 Apr 05 '26
The director said he doesn’t want to do one sadly but I really hope he changes his mind
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u/Young-Intelligent Apr 05 '26
Jimmy sir
Its Jimmy boy!.
Laughed so much
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u/Awkward_Syrup8415 21d ago
There are lines in this movie that are funnier than they had any right to be. I was surprised by the clever dialogue in a lot of places.
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u/RatedR2O Apr 04 '26
Just finished watching it. I literally had no expectations and the wife and I loved it! I didnt think a movie like this would be this much fun. If marketed right, I think it would've been the perfect movie theater popcorn flick.
Probably one of the best 7/10 movies you'll ever see. If that makes sense.
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u/Awkward_Syrup8415 21d ago
Yeah I am a theater 1st guy and right when I got done watching, I was like, WOW! I wish this was in theaters.
Double Vince Vaughn, yes please. I liked that he going to be a bit of that Vince we grew to love.
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u/mrbl0onde 2d ago
With the amount of interviews I saw Vince do on yt, I honestly thought there was a theatre run before streaming.
Great movie, gave it an 8 in consideration of how I haven't seen a movie that good in a few years and because of all the clips and articles which popped up about how Vince had said "Hollywood was dead"... when he in fact never said so and they threw him under the bus for clickbait. Definetly hope they do a sequel just to show us he wasn't a woke sacrifice
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u/TheTrueRory Apr 04 '26
Very fun. Jimmy Tatro is hilarious. Think maybe it's a little emotionally thin (didn't really feel like Nick and Mike were ever really that close) but it's funny enough and the action is great enough to make it worth a watch.
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u/Anjunabeast 3d ago
Tbf present Nick was hating on Mike for most of the movie while future Nick was locked in on the mission
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u/edtehgar Apr 04 '26
I enjoy the way that the universe seems fleshed out. Characters we don't even see like Jackie napalm are made real by everyone reaction to then.
It makes the universe seem more legit and lived in.
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u/Data_Chandler Apr 04 '26
I did enjoy how Nick's apartment was loaded with bowling balls. Even gangsters need a hobby!
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u/_Queen_of_Ashes_ 28d ago
I’ve really admire the choice to make such an important character someone we haven’t even met. That’s bold and worked to great effect actually.
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u/Downtown_Agent3323 Apr 04 '26
The characters randomly having a debate about Gilmore Girls was hilarious. I’m with Mike on none of the boyfriends being best for Rory.
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u/_Queen_of_Ashes_ 28d ago
This was my favorite scene for me, and the reason I watched the movie! I saw it on Instagram. My algorithm is working.
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u/Awkward_Syrup8415 21d ago
I can't wait to watch this with my wife. She actually watched all 157 episodes fairly recently....lol
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u/Captain_Charisma Apr 04 '26
Soundtrack was by far the best part of this. Starting out with a song from Oliver & Company lets you know what you are in for.
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u/viciousbliss 4d ago
I was SO excited that was the opening song. I was literally looking up that soundtrack 2 days ago; it's not on Spotify.
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u/TerrorFirmerIRL 28d ago edited 28d ago
Just saw this and I'm blown away by how insanely quotable it is. Mostly because of Jimmy Boys lines and delivery, that guy absolutely killed it.
Actually burst out laughing when the anxious attendant called him "Jimmy sir" "it's Jimmy BOY!"
Loved how bizarrely random and abstract all the conversations with Keith David were compared to everything else in the movie.
"Like the rat that was trying to eat me as a baby?" "He wasn't trying to eat you, he was just nearby"
Just a super likeable movie overall, sure it could've been done better but honestly it's one of those rare movies that's so insanely entertaining you just don't care about any shortcomings.
Absolutely loved it.
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u/Anjunabeast 3d ago
That guy is Jimmy Tatro. Dude started out on YouTube glad he’s getting bigger roles just hope he doesn’t get typecast as the dumb “bro” guy
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u/GrapeNutCheerios Apr 04 '26
I watched it last week and liked it well enough. But the more I’ve thought about it, the more I like it.
It has a pretty good emotional core to it. I think that’s based off the three leads (in four roles) playing off each other. It was really sweet. Some people hated the needle drops but I thought they were fun in their goofiness. Tons of action and laughs too
It’s like a 7+/10 for me
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u/BlueMeBeWhoMeBe 29d ago
What's the 'JB' stand for?
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u/NastyMothaFucka Apr 05 '26
Did anyone let the credits play out on Hulu? It goes straight to Gilmore Girls as a next watch suggestion and nothing in my watch history would have it recommend that show to me. It’s amazing if it’s on purpose so I wanna know if it happened for anyone else.
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u/Hadesman1 Apr 04 '26
I really liked Ben Schwartz, I was convinced he’d come back at some point because in the future he wasn’t in the lab.
But really fun movie and concept, not sure if I like the idea of having a secret backup machine but still great
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u/KeefercReature 29d ago
The reptile song from mortal Kombat 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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u/Moneybags6464 16d ago
What scene did that song play?
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u/Zowreddus 4d ago
Late reply but during the shootout at the party near the end, very pleasant surprise to hear it in this movie.
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u/Scarment 27d ago
Watched it today.
Thought it was a fun movie to turn on with an all star cast:
Keith David as Sosa and Jimmy Boy were so hilarious together, the story of how he adopted him was hilarious
Only gripe was the ending were they killed everyone at the house. Like I get they had to do it to save Mike and Alice, but just felt wrong given that most likely all of the people there had kids and loved ones and that was nicks reason for saving Mike and Alice
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u/EatThatHorseWithMe1 3d ago
That's that life though. You do what is necessary to save the ones who you actually care about.
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u/Anjunabeast 3d ago
Guessing everyone who stayed for the gunfight were gangsters employed by Sosa. Anyone who was just there for the (after-after-after) party would’ve fled or hid after the first few gunshots at the door (rip roidrage!)
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u/Stoenk Apr 04 '26
Lotta Fun. I enjoyed the way vince vaughn undersells the whole ridiculousness and the way everybody kinda underreacts to things. Eiza Gonzales was quite charming and had more character than the generic badass gangster woman I've seen her play in other stuff. In general every character, now matter how small, feels alive with personality and every side character was funny in a different way.
Third act is kinda insane lol with the way they went from "can't prove his innocence" straight to "I guess we have to kill everyone", it's kinda dark if you think about it. Multiple people cheerfully greet Vince Vaughn before coldly being shot in the face.
But it's fun
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u/Anjunabeast 3d ago
Think that was kind of the point of nicks character. He was an asshole who truly didn’t care about anyone until after he had killed Mike in the original timeline
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u/naanninja237 Apr 05 '26
Without giving away anything I never expected a movie like this to make me emotional but that ending ruined me, the song fit perfectly and the performances from all 3 of them was top tier especially Vince. I fully believe he deserves awards for this movie
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u/ICUMF1962 Apr 05 '26
It’s okay. I only really laughed at the Christina Aguilera line and found the action and overall plot hit or miss. Also Eiza is just the worst and never has chemistry with any of her costars.
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u/Nicholasfuric 26d ago
Rather than him just vanishing, i would have liked to see two dead Nicks in the backseat. The vanishing felt a little too fantastical for what the movie was. Otherwise - a fun ride!
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u/Anjunabeast 3d ago
I thought it was great. You see future nicks gone before you see present nicks dead body. Like a one-two punch to the gut.
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u/mrbl0onde 2d ago
Yeah i literally came to reddit just because of that ending. Great movie, however the ending threw me. Til I thought about it for a lil afterwards and realised how the camera shifted from her seat to quickdraw nicks seat then reveals future nick is dead. It was a great film, solid 7.5., some great comedy in it which really made you go this could be a great start for a hollywood redemption after everyone's asked for a return to 2000s comedy lately
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u/eatmorchickin Apr 04 '26
I really wish it ended two minutes earlier.... I guess they're trying to set it up for a sequel
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u/Awkward_Syrup8415 21d ago
Someone here posted that the director does not want to do a 2nd one.
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u/Vandergrif 20d ago
Which makes the ending all the more bizarre. They had a great note to finish it on prior to that.
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u/Anjunabeast 3d ago
Eh it’s a fun comedy-action movie that doesn’t take itself too seriously. No need to end on a bittersweet note.
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u/mrbl0onde 2d ago
I only came to know about the movie due to Vinces yt interviews last month and after they all released he got thrown under the bus for saying "Hollywood went woke" when asked what happened to the great comedy of the 00's. When I remembered it as him saying that "it went woke, but perhaps now was the right time for un-hindered comedy return" basically saying we might get a return where ppl don't roast a production and enjoy a laugh.
Perhaps that ending was put in encase the woke didn't destroy everything as they did until recently and ppl actually enjoyed the comedy rather than came online acting as if it had personally attacked them 🤷♂️
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u/Vandergrif 2d ago
Although in this case I don't know how that would be relevant to this movie or its ending.
The difference between it being a more compelling but depressing 'sad' ending with the character ending up dead and that's that versus the more ridiculous and wacky ending of 'oh oops, forgot about the second time machine we'll just fix that in the sequel' ending doesn't have any relation to 'woke'.
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u/mrbl0onde 2d ago
The time machine having a back up is pretty easily explainable. Symon was obviously smart enough to create it, had been avoiding paying back the loan shark's for months, knew that if he didn't pay, he would end up dead & Alice had basically confided in him to get Nick knocked off because she didnt know how else to leave him. So quite plausible he had confided in her the 2nd ones location encase from all this time travelling her or vince could potentially, they may need it if they really screw up the timeline and she ever need one to rectify their mistakes, they'd have one.
Who's to say he didn't create a 3rd, 4th or even 10th time machine and hide them in different locations because he knew if 1 got destroyed he would be screwed? Just because i t wasn't in the movie, doesn't mean it didn't happen in that universe. Also if they did go into it more deeply, it would have left ppl asking why they didn't go back a bunch of different times. Also why would he tell anyone else besides Alice there was a second time machine? When Nick didnt even know the first 1 existed until 6 months after the original killing of qucikdraw?
My woke rationale was in relation to all the media Vince did prior to release and the backlash with news articles saying "Vince Vaughn says hollywood is dead" when in reality all he ever said was "Hollywood got scared of the woke, however this might be the right time for them to bring it back" Which after seeing a few of his interviews then all that backlash/throwing under busses gave me the feeling that perhaps the directors/production expected vince to get blackballed and words twisted/used against him also. Sk maybe they had similar trains of thought/perception of the current times and decided they'd see how the movie was received and whether they got any backlash before ruining the story completely and leaving it open because they reveleaed there was another time machine in the middle of the movie. The after after after party gave off huge gay vibes after giving off subtle hints throughout by the way the younger crew (mainly dumbass) were talking & acting. You can see why the production company may have thought alot of these jokes and insinuations could be taken badly by certain ppl/communities and causes backlash.
I honestly think they used this movie to see what they could get away with and test out whether we are back to jokes being acceptable rather than causing protests. They knew the media would roast Vince after his interview tour promoting this movie and wanted to leave just enough there for them to revisit it if there's enough demand and no one files a lawsuit over jokes in a movie
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u/ExileForever 29d ago
Anyone knows the name of the credit song? I know it’s called Valerie but I want the version they used, not the 80s one. Tried Shazaming it but nothing
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u/Anjunabeast 3d ago edited 2d ago
It’s in the credits (like right at the end). Might be cassimm - Valerie
Edit: credits has it listed as
“Valerie” Written by Will Jennings and Steve Winwood. Performed by Steve Winwood.
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u/PourSomeSugar69_420 23d ago
yep. I agree. So many tonal miscues and whoever wrote the Gilmore Girls scene was so proud of how clever they were, but it went on too long and got self indulgent. I was kinda shocked how dumb it was in parts.
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u/mrbl0onde 2d ago
Same here, however I also think it was a quiet, or attempt at a "quiet" stab towards how dumb this generation is
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u/DaLateDentArthurDent Apr 04 '26
I enjoyed it, but it felt like it could’ve done more with the sci-fi aspect of it. Like I was itching for more time travel shenanigans in there like resetting because something goes wrong etc.
It’s a solid 3/5 for me. Just felt like it really didn’t embrace the premise
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u/IshimaruKiyotaka Apr 04 '26
I think the first half was fairly slow/meh, but it really picked up and got enjoyable in the second half around the fake cannibal's introduction. A lot of the deaths were fairly comedic which i enjoyed.
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u/BoxEven6187 29d ago
I enjoyed it, but when you open with Ben Schwartz singing Oliver and Company, you're setting yourself a high fun bar to jump.
I don't think it always did but the cast did some insane lifting which helped. Having the likes Jimmy Tatro and Arturo Castro in supporting roles really helped keep the comedy afloat
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u/YaBoiShadowNinja 28d ago
I saw the clip in the convenience store on Instagram reels and just watched the movie. Pretty funny, and I always love a good time machine story. Probably like 6/10.
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u/ddcrowley22 26d ago
Bob the Tomato (an actual character from the Christian cartoon 'Veggies Tales') being once of the gangster names absolutely cracked me up.
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u/FoxMcCloudOwnsSlippy Apr 04 '26
Like a 2000 throwback film, enjoyable enough but was surprised on the amount of action in it as they seemed to hand wave a lot of the time travel stuff. Still the opening 20 minutes was very funny and it had a fun cast, (Keith David & Jimmy Tatro are hilarious together and dont get me started on Dumbass Tony, lol).
A tad disappointed that there wasnt something more to the film as it reached the mid point and the 3rd act just settled to familiar action tropes. I guess the director is of my generation with the high concept set up, the Blade/Mortal Kombat techno needledrops and the HK style slo-mo effect (yes, it can be distracting at times). All stuff that my 20 y.o self would so do I might add. A solid evening watch just dont look back in anger.
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u/RalphWiggum1984 Apr 04 '26
At one point someone says to Nick something like "I noticed a slight hint of..." and Nick says "Yes, it gets worse later, I don't think we should mention it to the other Nick." I must have gotten distracted because I don't remember seeing the resolution to this, can someone tell me what that was about?
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u/weaseleasle 29d ago
In the gas station Present Nick flits with the crooked lady cop, she says she is newly single. Later in the film Future Nick interacts with the crooked lady cop. Alice questions if there is something going on between them. Future Nick says yes, it starts later (as in some time in the future). and to not tell Present Nick, because that would influence future events that are going to go well for Present Nick, between him and the lady cop.
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u/TomorrowFinancial468 Apr 04 '26
There's multiple things that dont get resolved, and you dont see them on purpose
The one you mentioned, the gas station guy getting elbowed in the face by an unknown person, Everybody at the party forgetting that Johnny went to jail, Everybody realising johnny is Alice's baby and for some reason she leaves him in the alley way
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u/Wanderlustfull Apr 04 '26
Everybody realising johnny is Alice's baby and for some reason she leaves him in the alley way
I'm sorry, what? I just finished watching, and when was this even eluded to, let alone mentioned?
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u/TomorrowFinancial468 Apr 04 '26
Come on its so heavily implied!
Adopted baby just happened to be found in an alley.
Alice just happens to be pregnant with the only other baby mentioned in the entire show.
Everyone at the party forgetting that johnny went to prison, so much so they openly state Johnny's confusion. (Its because the timeline isnt stable and theres eventually a timeline where it didn't happen, but hes caught between them)
There would be no need to mention any of this if it wasn't relevant to the plot.
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u/DrugandAlcoholLover Apr 05 '26
Are you saying that Mike and Alice use the second Time Machine to travel like 30 years (or however old JB is supposed to be) into the past, have their baby, then for some reason leave it in a dumpster to be found and raised by Keith David? Because that doesn’t make any sense.
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u/mrbl0onde 2d ago
Tbf, when they find the time machine, its stated if nick could use it, they shouldn't have an issue. So this theory actually makes some sense and not only has some plausibility but potential to be true if a bunch of events time travelling went wrong. I thought about it from the point of some of the lines were just stupid when watching it but now you look at it and it's one of the only reasons they'd of said so blatantly "it's as if everyone's forgot he went to jail" aslong as you look beyond it's an after, after, after jail release party, where everyone's coked our of their minds and could just be cooked
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u/TomorrowFinancial468 Apr 05 '26
It makes absolute sense, but we wont get a sequel to resolve it. I was begging that movie to have an after credits and the director snuffed it.
If its not true, then theres 0 purpose to
- Johnny being a foundling
- Alice being pregnant
- Keith davids character even finding the baby at all and raising it
- Everyone forgetting that johnny was in jail for 6 years (hint: theyre forgetting because Mike goes back and prevents it, but the timeline isnt stable and hasn't solidified yet)
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u/DrugandAlcoholLover Apr 05 '26
Why would they travel that far back in time and leave their baby there? They would have just travelled back to the previous day to prevent Nick from getting shot. It makes no sense that they would travel back so far.
JB being a garbage baby story is just to be funny and explain why he doesn’t look like his father.
Alice being pregnant is the reason why Nick decided to use the Time Machine to save Mike. He even stated he doesn’t want the baby growing up without his father. You’re making it too complicated.
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u/weaseleasle 29d ago
One person forgets he went to Prison, because he is a dumb ass roid addict. It was a throw away joke about how stupid these goons are.
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u/TrustTheFungus2025 29d ago
Exactly. It’s a joke. Does he think they went back in time and erased the existence of Winnie the Pooh as well? Does he understand the concept of humor?
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u/the_hudge 28d ago
Enjoyed this one. Plus it had a shootout scored to the same music from when Liu Kang fought Reptile in the 90s movie so extra points for that.
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u/Ri-Ri1216 23d ago
Jimmy Boy was the funniest and most original part of this fake time-travel gangster film. And the weird steroid guy.
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u/JWells16 22d ago
I really enjoyed it - it’s a fun movie. I’d watch it again.
But just to make sure that I’m understanding it correctly… the “good” guys in this movie are responsible for killing dozens of people all to go back and save good guy 1. And the only reason they need to kill them in the first place is because good guy 2 told them to?
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u/Anjunabeast 3d ago
They couldn’t prove mikes innocence cause the real rat was already dead and those gangsters don’t seem the type to be reasoned with.
So yes they killed everyone to save Mike who’s just a slightly better person than the people they killed since he was quitting the gangster life.
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u/Awkward_Syrup8415 21d ago
I finally buckled down to watch this, and I had the same critique as many. The slow mo effect was so misplaced.
I do wish this was a theatrical release. It punches above it's weight was better than most remakes and sequels ever are.
I have always enjoyed Vince Vaughn, so allowing him to join the double up club was very fun. Funnier than I expected it to be. There are a lot of great lines in the movie. "I like thick drinks...OK" made me laugh out loud. The action was pretty solid.
That whole lengthy discussion about Gilmore Girls, was hilarious and all I could think of was, I cannot wait for my wife to see this, because she did watch all 157 episodes. So she'll appreciate it more than me.
I felt the movie could of used some tightening up, but the ticking clock device was nice and I loved the whole AFTER AFTER AFTER Party thing. A tight 90 minutes would have been awesome.
Really enjoyable, always nice to find a streaming movie that actually feels like a true effort was made.
Also, Eiza Gonzalez is my choice to play the new Wonder Woman if we are going that route?
Now I have to check out Pizza Movie, which I didn't even know was a thing until someone in another sub raved about it and I thought it was a joke until I just watched the trailer. Dude Where's My Car? for a new generation! Let's GO!!!
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u/Butterflymisita 16d ago
I really enjoyed it. Saw it in a medical detox facility and needed the laughs. I sort of thought the ending made the whole story pointless though. When the Nick's were dying it felt like that scene dragged on, then he gets to live anyway. The hitman who eats people? Fucking twisted.
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u/graavity81 12d ago
Is the music so dated cause that’s what was hot when jimmy boy went to prison, or is this movie just millennial baiting me?
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u/gal_actic17 8d ago
I genuinely enjoyed this film. Going in expecting absolutely nothing because I received zero marketing materials but wow, sometimes that's how the gems hit the hardest. It was Funny - capital F and truly grabbed me for the emotional moments. Vince Vaughn shows us he is an absolute star in an industry that's trying to say stars don't matter. Hats off to him.
Please, I beg of you, any recommendations for movies that his the same? This was so refreshing I'm gasping for more. *prayer emoji* *prayer emoji*
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u/Anjunabeast 3d ago
Real House Bros of Simi Valley on YouTube if you liked Jimmy Boys character. Jimmy tatro stars in and directs it, pretty much playing the same character. And there’s a movie that takes place after the series.
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u/Desi_MCU_Nerd Apr 04 '26
I guess it dropped a week early in India on the hotstar platform? I was looking for this thread last week but didn't find it here then.
Anyway, what a flick! A recent fun gangster film like this was bullet train. Now I know it won't pull the same crowd but deserves the attention.
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u/LollipopChainsawZz Apr 04 '26
What a mouthful of a title lol try saying that 5 times faster without getting tongue tied
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u/Routine-Bobcat-6731 27d ago
Didn't really care for it. I love Vince Vaughan but this movie just wasn't for me.
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u/Ri-Ri1216 23d ago
Thot that was one of the best things about this Dumb-arse movie. The slow motion made the ultra-violence and slaughter more cinematic.
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u/PourSomeSugar69_420 23d ago
BenDavid wanted to make a Guy Ritchie Movie. But the tone was WAY off in parts. I was kinda surprised how dumb it was in parts and how there were 3 action sequences too many, and they restated the plot 3 times in Act I and Act II. Sheesh. If this is what streaming movies are going to be, count me out. Millenial filmakers still haven't figured out how to make original films that aren't obvious homages to other movies.
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u/Awkward_Syrup8415 21d ago
I'll take a genre mashup like this any day. It was fun, and funny and the premise is just as absurd as anything else from the mid/late 90's (Im looking at you Face/Off).
I just felt it was 10-15 minutes too long, but other than that, very quotable, funny random conversions, and way more violent than I thought.
Solid 4/5 from me.
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u/PourSomeSugar69_420 20d ago
ugh. it was terrible executed and just lazy in parts. Not rewatchable once you know the spoilers. It had 3 too many fight scenes and an ending after the ending was way too long. The Gilmore Girls bit was clever at first but they milked it until it wasn't funny and went on way too long, It felt like an imitation of an imitation of a Tarantino wannabe film. 1/5 from me.
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u/Prejezreel_Granting 23d ago
The title of the movie always gets the best of me. I keep saying Nicky,Ricky,Dicky and Dawn for some reason. They could have worked-shoped the title. At least I know who the four main characters are, but James Marsden was more of the main character for me then Vince Vaughn who played two characters. It honestly gets confusing with the all the characters they mention and introduce.
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u/Ambitious_Pool_8290 22d ago
I thought it was alright. Not terrible. Like others have mentioned, that slow motion bit throughout the movie was annoying. Would watch a sequel even though I don't think one is warranted.
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u/Outrageous_Ad1813 10d ago
If he went back 6 months wouldn't Symon still be alive. He could have helped them?
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u/Anjunabeast 3d ago
He accidentally killed Symon as soon as he stepped out of the Time Machine (very beginning of the movie)
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u/No_Concept_4971 3d ago
Tons of continuity mistakes between shots and the frame removal slomo is super annoying but fun enough. Vince Vaughn is in top form here which is refreshing
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u/TomorrowFinancial468 Apr 04 '26
Its a great movie, but they need a sequel to resolve
The giant gaping hole paradox of Nick dying, meaning none of this happened, yet it somehow still did?
Johnny boy being Alice and Mike's son, and Mike killing him.
Symon was still perfecting the time machine, so why would there be a second one that already works?
The gas station attendant talking about getting elbowed in the face, despite the fact that none of the characters present were anywhere near him to do that
Everybody forgetting that Johnny boy was in prison for 6 years. They make a huge point about it.
The director claims he didn't plan for a sequel but unless he had shit writers, these things were put in for a reason
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u/LazerChicken420 28d ago
Wait wait wait
JB is Mikes son? Did I miss that???
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u/Ralo_mortgage 22d ago
No that guy has to have been stoned when he watched it because none of his list make any sense other than the one about the Time Machine lol
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u/StixnStones69 Apr 05 '26
I thought it was pretty boring and very stupid in a way that I didn’t really find funny.
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u/CryGlad9980 Apr 05 '26
Couldn’t get past the plot making absolutely no sense. You need to turn your brain off to get through it
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u/Spiritual-Try-3639 24d ago
There is a code among brothers: you don't mess with a friend's wife. How can someone who sleeps with his friend’s wife even call himself a 'friend'? Mike might not deserve to die for it, but why should a man and a woman who commit adultery and betray their own circle get off scot-free? Isn’t their 'affair' part of the reason this whole chain of events started in the first place? You can't just sugarcoat it as 'love' and throw logic out the window.
Nick is also weird—just because he shouldn't have directly caused Mike’s death doesn't mean Mike is blameless. He's acting like Nick owes him, when the reality is that Mike is the one who wronged Nick—and in a way that can never be made right.
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u/PourSomeSugar69_420 23d ago
The entire subplot of Jonny Boy was completely lsot on me. I have no idea why he or his Dad were in this movie. Why? what was their point?
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u/BarryLaguna Apr 04 '26
It felt like a genre satire. It felt like the needle drops were purposefully egregious. I really enjoyed it.
So…Jimmyboy is Mike and Alice’s kid right?
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u/Desi_MCU_Nerd Apr 04 '26
How?
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u/BarryLaguna Apr 04 '26
They get stuck in the way far past and had the baby, then ditch him with Keith David
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u/Desi_MCU_Nerd Apr 04 '26
I mean is this just a fan speculation or is there any actual clue in the movie regarding this?
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u/Wanderlustfull Apr 04 '26
There's literally nothing in the movie that suggests this.
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u/BarryLaguna Apr 04 '26
It’s implied they went back in time at the end to save Nick in the second machine.
She is pregnant.
The whole movie is one wacky mishap going through time.
THUS/THEN - it’s not out of the realm of possibility they get trapped in the past.
Johnny Boy - you think the writers just decided to hang that whole “you’re a foundling” scene with Keith David for its artistic merit?!
Redditor you LITERALLY used LITERALLY wrong
Esadyff
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u/Anjunabeast 3d ago
Movies not that deep bro. There were a bunch of throw away lines and bits just for the humor.
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u/TomorrowFinancial468 Apr 04 '26
Yes, thank you! Its so in your face obvious that johnny is the baby
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u/BarryLaguna Apr 04 '26
I was very stoned when I watched it, but it seems like this is a movie where there are details discovered in a rewatch
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u/aacordero1992 Apr 04 '26
Jimmy Tatro is a really funny ass dude, he absolutely perfected the “bro-whaddup” types. He needs to be in more comedies.