It’s an unfortunate reality of the current cinema landscape that some excellent movies will get overlooked each year, and I definitely rank “The Ballad of Wallis Island” among those movies in 2025. This heartfelt and melancholic British comedy-drama is a rare gem, but it didn’t quite get the attention it deserved during its limited theatrical release back in March.
That’s a real shame, as this excellent little movie deserves all the acclaim it’s received (it’s managed a near-perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes). In better news, it’s just arrived on Prime Video, offering it a second chance to earn the larger audience it so richly deserves. After all, being added to the library of one of the biggest streaming services is a huge opportunity to get in front of more eyeballs, and I really hope subscribers don’t opt to skip this newcomer.
