Power Ballad
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A past-his-prime wedding singer sets out to reclaim credit after a fading boy-band star turns his song into a career-reviving hit.
Why watch: Paul Rudd delivers his career-best performance.
Cast
Paul Rudd as Rick Power
Nick Jonas as Danny Wilson
Peter McDonald as Sandy
Rory Keenan as Binzer
Paul Reid as Bernie
Keith McErlean as Kyle
Beth Fallon as Aja
Marcella Plunkett as Rachel
Havana Rose Liu as Marcia
Jack Reynor as Mac
Emma Rose Creaner as Claire
Robert Mitchell as George
Juliette Crosbie as Barbara
Oisin Walsh Agnew as Indigo Dreams Band Member
Aidan Lynch as Indigo Dreams Band Member
Crew
John Carney — Director
John Carney — Writer
Peter McDonald — Writer
Anthony Bregman — Producer
John Carney — Producer
Peter Cron — Producer
Robert Walpole — Producer
Rebecca O'Flanagan — Producer
Sarah Hong — Co-Producer
Micah Green — Executive Producer
Daniel Steinman — Executive Producer
Dan Friedkin — Executive Producer
Cathleen Dore — Executive Producer
Keith Potter — Executive Producer
Connor DiGregorio — Executive Producer
Jeanne McCarthy — Casting
Amy Rowan — Casting
Yaron Orbach — Director of Photography
Stephen O'Connell — Editor
Anna Carney — Production Design
Triona Lillis — Costume Design
John Carney — Original Music Composer
Gary Clark — Original Music Composer
Community Reviews
Sep 23, 2026
I’m usually a huge fan of films from these producers. This one however felt undercooked at the script level. The first sign of conflict was thirty eight minutes into the film, and we didn’t ever learn much about Nick Jonas’s character internally, despite him being the second lead. Also a bit disappointing at a premise level as it perpetuates various fallacies around creative theft and artistic achievement. Nevertheless, Paul Rudd is endlessly charming and infinitely watchable and Nick Jonas proves to be a very convincing and magnetic film actor. It was entertaining, which is ultimately the most important thing. The fact that I finished it underscores how much I want to watch feel-good, two hander comedies like this with notable stars. This felt like it wanted to play in the same space as SCHOOL OF ROCK, GET HIM TO THE GREEK, and BEGIN AGAIN and it got close — close enough for me, given the dearth of recent films in this space.