Rent The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025)
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- Synopsis:
- "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 favourite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer (Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan), back together. His fantasy turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a private show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig.
- Actors:
- Tim Key, Tom Basden, Steve Marsh, Sian Clifford, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Carey Mulligan, Luka Downie, Kerrie Thomason, Arron Long
- Directors:
- James Griffiths
- Producers:
- Rupert Majendie
- Writers:
- Tom Basden, Tim Key
- Aka:
- La Balada De La Isla
- Studio:
- Dazzler
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/11/2025
- Run Time:
- 100 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island (Short Film)
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/11/2025
- Run Time:
- 100 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD High Resolution 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Includes the original short film
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Reviews (2) of The Ballad of Wallis Island
Songs in the Key of Longing - The Ballad of Wallis Island review by griggs
The Ballad of Wallis Island takes a little while to settle as Tim Key and Tom Basden gradually shed the personas they’re best known for. But once they do, the film finds its rhythm as a warm, offbeat meditation on longing, awkwardness, and delusion. Key plays a lonely lottery winner who uses his fortune to reunite a defunct band—Basden and an unflappable Carey Mulligan—for a private gig on a remote island. Mulligan is coolly indifferent throughout, but Basden is clearly unsettled, both by performing to an audience of one and by his unresolved feelings for her. It’s a strange setup, but one handled with surprising tenderness. The humour is gentle and well-observed, with moments of genuine pathos tucked between the absurdities. There’s a sadness to the whole enterprise that never overwhelms but lingers just beneath the surface. A bittersweet, quietly funny gem that rewards patience and empathy in equal measure.
A Delightful British Comedy - The Ballad of Wallis Island review by GI
This is a delight. A funny yet melancholy British comedy that brings together quintessential characters into a rather touching film. Charles (Tim Key) is an oddbod; an eccentric, lonely and socially inept guy who lives on a remote coastal island and is the biggest fan of a folk duo who broke up years before after some success. He also happens to be a lottery winner. So he hires them to play on the island. But Herb (Tom Basden) and Nell (Carey Mulligan), once music partners and lovers, are now estranged and herb arrives under the misapprehension he's going to play alone, to a big audience. The end result as these three spend time on this windswept British island is simply lovely, tinged with sadness as their stories are revealed to us. A little surprise of a film and definitely one to check out.