Carey Mulligan and Tom Basden play a long-estranged folk-music duo who a rich man pays to reunite just for him.

At first glance, the plot of “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” one of the most joyous surprises at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, looks like that of a sub-standard rom-com. But this ...

With The Ballad of Wallis Island, Tom Basden and Tim Key have written a poignant and comical exploration of music, loss, ...

If you tried to explain our unrelenting devotion to music to someone raised in isolation, you would sound crazy, but 'Wallis Island' does a good job.

“The Ballad of Wallis Island” is a Focus Features film, meaning it’ll likely head to Peacock when it’s time for its streaming release. We’ll keep you posted on when that is.

Often the best movies of the second half of the year come almost preordained as the Oscars Industrial Complex revs into high ...

While The Ballad of Wallis Island, starring Tim Key, Tom Basden, and Oscar-nominated actress Carey Mulligan, is coming to theaters in 2025, it has been in development for over a decade.

"The Ballad of Wallis Island" lets viewers live inside his world for a little while, and it's a lovely place to visit. [email protected] 'The Ballad of Wallis Island' GRADE: B+.

THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND(12A) 100mins★★★★☆THERE’S beautiful harmony in this story of love, grief and folk music.Written by the two lead. Jump directly to the content.

The Ballad of Wallis Island sees music superstar Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) arrive on the titular remote island for a private gig, organised by double-lottery winner Charles (Tim Key). He tells him ...

The Ballad of Wallis Island ★★★ (out of 4 stars) Letting Go “Making the couple” is the basic trope of the rom-com genre. But which couple? There are at least 3 couples, maybe 4, all of ...

Carey Mulligan knew she wanted to be part of The Ballad of Wallis Island from the moment she read the script. "I just loved it and thought it was so moving, funny, beautiful—it made me cry," she ...