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'Power Ballad' Review: Paul Rudd, Nick Jonas deliver crowd-pleasing music dramedy

Jack Reynor, Beth Fallon, Havana Rose Liu also star in the John Carney film

By Joseph A. Wulfsohn Fox News

Published June 6, 2026 9:00am EDT

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The trailer for Lionsgate's "Power Ballad" starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas. Directed by John Carney.

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Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas go head-to-head in the latest music dramedy from Irish writer/director John Carney.

"Power Ballad" follows Rick Power (Rudd), an American wedding singer living in Ireland who yearns for the good old days as the frontman of rock band, a life he turned away from after marrying his Irish bride and having a daughter. When Rick wants to play one of his old songs (a total mood killer), his drummer has to remind him, "We're not rock stars, Rick. We're human jukeboxes."

His band, The Bride and Groove, lands a gig where one of the attendees, a friend of the groom, is Danny Wilson, a former boy band singer who has failed as a solo artist,........

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