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Power Ballad
It's time to set the record straight.
When Rick, a past-his-prime wedding singer, meets fading boy-band star Danny during a gig, the two bond over music and a late-night jam session. But when Danny turns one of Rick’s songs into the hit that reignites his career, Rick sets out to reclaim the recognition he believes he deserves - even if it means risking everything he cares about.
- Original title
- Power Ballad
- Language
- EN
- Country
- IE,US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- $3,394,770
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Jun 7, 2026 · via TMDB
"Rick" (Paul Rudd) is a frustrated wedding singer in Dublin who lives with his wife and daughter dreaming of a success that he scented years earlier but that has eluded him since. They get a gig at a swanky hotel where they are reluctantly compelled to share the stage with a friend of the couple - a former boyband crooner "Danny" (Nick Jonas). It turns out that he isn't such a bad singer after all, and later that evening "Rick" finds himself sharing a bottle of whisky and a jamming session with his more successful new friend. This results in him leaving with an exclusive Gibson guitar and he thinks that's that. Months later, though, he hears a song in a shopping mall that he recognises instantly. It's the song that he wrote years earlier that he introduced to "Danny" and that the latter man has now turned into a global hit. Surely he must be due some royalties? Well the shrewdly venal "Mac" (Jack Reynor) manages his star and is in no mood to engage with the pleading Irishman so the only solution seems to be to head to Los Angeles and confront "Danny" in his jacuzzi! Did anyone else think Jonas was lip-synching to Stevie Wonder at the start? In any case I thought Rudd actually won the battle of the voices as poor old "Rick" struggled to get his fair share of recognition (and cash) whilst Jonas seemed content here to provide the eye candy and very little else. Eagle-eared might spot a little of "Mary's Prayer" from the original Danny Wilson but otherwise I found this to be a pretty flat affair that could have made so much more of the issues of "borrowing" tunes and lyrics and a bit less of the good looking but soapy melodrama we are presented with here. It's all watchable enough, but you will never remember it.
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Paul Rudd
Rick
Nick Jonas
Danny Wilson
Peter McDonald
Sandy
Marcella Plunkett
Rachel
Havana Rose Liu
Marcia
Jack Reynor
Mac
Rory Keenan
Binzer
Keith McErlean
Kyle
Paul Reid
Bernie
Beth Fallon
Aja
Emma Rose Creaner
Claire
Robert Mitchell
George
Juliette Crosbie
Barbara
Aaron Delaney
Shop Assistant
Peter McGann
Mr. Feeney
Amy Huberman
Ms. Carney
Martha Breen
Aisling
Naoimh Whelton
Laura
Dolores Devaujany
Duty Nurse
Orén Kinlan
Young Thief
Emma Doran
Flight Attendant
Ebimie Anthony
Mac Darling Employee
Sophie Vavasseur
Amanda
Alexa Scout Fagen
Laurie
Kai Fung Rieck
Security Guy (Danny's House)
Bogdan Kumšackij
Security Guy 2 (Danny's House)
Mae Higgins
Elaine (uncredited)
Kelly Thornton
Linda (uncredited)
Ruby Conway Dunne
Linda (uncredited)
Dean Panter
LA Lawyer (uncredited)
Glen Hansard
Older Busker
Yaron Orbach
Director of Photography
John Carney
Director
Stephen O'Connell
Editor
Christopher Woodrow
Executive Producer
Connor DiGregorio
Executive Producer
Dan Friedkin
Executive Producer
Anthony Bregman
Producer
John Carney
Producer
Peter Cron
Producer
John Carney
Original Music Composer
John Carney
Songs
John Carney
Writer
Peter McDonald
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