The Ballad of Wallis Island movie is only be available to watch in a movie theater right now. The film opened in select theaters on March 28, and will open in more theaters nationwide on April 18.

When Basden and Key, now in their 40s, made 2007’s “The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island,” they knew little of what lay ahead for them, let alone much about how to make a movie.

It’s still early days for 2025 movie releases, and far too soon to be making any reasonable declarations about how something is going to stack up with the rest of them by December. But this is a ...

Review: Modest in scope and made with the lightest of touch, “The Ballad of Wallis Island” is also deceptively powerful: A gentle ode to moving on, in quirky packaging.