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Power Ballad review
Irish writer-director John Carney brilliantly brings together Rudd’s washed up wedding-singer and Jonas’s insecure ex-boyband superstar
TL;DR
- The film stars Paul Rudd as Rick Power, a washed-up wedding singer, and Nick Jonas as Danny Wilson, an insecure ex-boyband superstar.
- It delves into the contrast between success and failure in the music industry.
- Rick, who lives in Ireland with his wife and daughter, secretly regrets sabotaging his own career.
- Danny asks to join Rick's wedding band on stage, and they later collaborate on a song Rick wrote.
- Rick discovers that Danny has released his song as a hit without proper credit, highlighting the film's theme of betrayal.