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March 28, 2025

At The Movies: ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island' is the loveliest movie of the year (so far)

By LINDSEY BAHR
AP Film Writer

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Carey Mulligan and Tom Basden play former folk bandmates and partners in “The Ballad of Wallis Island.”

It's never a bad time for a film like “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” but at the moment it feels like a much-needed balm. Modest in scope and made with the lightest of touch, not unlike the lovely folk songs that populate its soundtrack, it's also deceptively powerful: A gentle ode to moving on, in quirky packaging.


 
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