I reviewed Power Ballad at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival for Slant Magazine:

John Carney’s Power Ballad has most of what it needs to succeed, from a charming pair of leads to a fittingly catchy song. But like the fraught relationship between its two musician characters, Rick (Paul Rudd) and Danny (Nick Jonas), the film never finds the right groove…

It opens June 5. Here’s the trailer: