“The Ballad of Wallis Island” resembles a band that continues playing despite the fact that their instruments are clearly out of tune. It’s a film that keeps plowing ahead despite exhausting ...

The Ballad of Wallis Island follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and dreams of getting his favorite musicians, Mortimer-McGwyer (Carey Mulligan ...

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. A former folk ...

While James Griffiths’ “The Ballad of Wallis Island” is built on a smidge of deception — Nell and Herb long ago parted ways, both personally and professionally, and it’s quite clear Herb ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Ballad of Wallis Island 4.5 out of 5 Stars Director: James Griffiths Writers: Tom Basden, Tim Key Starring: Tom Basden, Tim Key, Sian Clifford, Carey Mulligan ...

Read up on the latest The Ballad of Wallis Island News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. Your comment has not been saved James Griffiths, Tom Basden and Tim Key revisit their 2007 ...

Herb is short on cash to produce his next album, so he accepts Charles’s offer and arrives on the Wallis Island shores, stepping knee-deep into the cool waters, only to fall into the sea ...

Director James Griffiths and actors/writers Tim Key and Tom Basden always meant to turn their 2007 short film “The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island” — about a lottery winner who ...

The snap, crackle and pop of vinyl marks the start of The Ballad of Wallis Island, a music-themed rom-com that’s half-whimsical com and half-unrequited rom. In the absence of a new film by John ...

It’s a good thing Tim Key is so “charming,” as his comedy and writing partner Tom Basden puts it, because if his character in “The Ballad of Wallis Island” was any more annoying ...