{"id":2406475,"date":"2026-05-07T19:04:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2406475"},"modified":"2026-05-07T19:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:04:26","slug":"paul-rudds-new-music-movie-with-nick-jonas-gets-promising-rt-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/paul-rudds-new-music-movie-with-nick-jonas-gets-promising-rt-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Rudd&#8217;s New Music Movie With Nick Jonas Gets Promising RT Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/tag\/Paul-Rudd\">Paul Rudd<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/tag\/Nick-Jonas\">Nick Jonas<\/a><\/strong>\u2018 new musical comedy film is yet to be released, but early reviews have already surfaced. These paint a primarily positive picture, with critics praising the tone, style, and performances, among other aspects, resulting in a commendable Rotten Tomatoes score. It earlier premiered at the Dublin International Film Festival on March 1, and will arrive in the United States on May 29.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-critics-are-saying-about-power-ballad-in-reviews\">What critics are saying about Power Ballad in reviews?<\/h2>\n<p>A majority of critics praised Power Ballad for being a crowd-entertainer. They also seem to be impressed by the humor, style, and performances, particularly Paul Rudd\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Boelman of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fandomwire.com\/power-ballad-sxsw-review-john-carney\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/fandomwire.com\/power-ballad-sxsw-review-john-carney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FandomWire<\/a> deemed the film\u2019s \u201cheart\u201d its strongest element. He also said that it was more humorous than director John Carney\u2019s previous filmography. Further, he praised Rudd\u2019s acting, noting he brought \u201can effortless charm to his lead role.\u201d Boelman also commended co-lead Nick Jonas\u2019 performance, calling it \u201clikely one of the best in his career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/weliveentertainment.com\/welivefilm\/sxsw-review-john-carney-made-feel-good-film-2026-power-ballad\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/weliveentertainment.com\/welivefilm\/sxsw-review-john-carney-made-feel-good-film-2026-power-ballad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We Live Entertainment<\/a>\u2018s Scott Menzel opined that it was the \u201cbest\u201d movie he saw at South by Southwest (SXSW). Further, he wrote, \u201cPower Ballad\u00a0is a genuine crowd pleaser with real emotion, heart, and a phenomenal soundtrack.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Power Ballad (2026) Official Trailer 2  - Paul Rudd, Nick Jonas\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Evvpx6oxRZ8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Rachel Leishman of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/sxsw-power-ballad-review-john-carney-does-it-again-with-his-nick-jonas-and-paul-rudd-led-music-feud\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/sxsw-power-ballad-review-john-carney-does-it-again-with-his-nick-jonas-and-paul-rudd-led-music-feud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Mary Sue<\/a> said in her review that the film\u2019s main highlight is its \u201cability to connect with the audience through music.\u201d She added that it is \u201cmore hopeful and uplifting\u201d compared to Carney\u2019s earlier work. <\/p>\n<p>However, not all critics were impressed by Power Ballad. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slantmagazine.com\/film\/power-ballad-review-paul-rudd-nick-jonas-john-carney\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.slantmagazine.com\/film\/power-ballad-review-paul-rudd-nick-jonas-john-carney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Slant Magazine<\/a>\u2018s Chris Barsanti remarked it \u201cmerely hums when it should soar.\u201d He added that, like the tense dynamic between Rudd and Jonas\u2019 characters, it \u201cnever finds the right groove.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-power-ballad-gets-a-strong-score-on-rotten-tomatoes\">Power Ballad gets a strong score on Rotten Tomatoes<\/h2>\n<p>Thanks to its predominantly positive reception, Power Ballad has scored an 87% approval rating, as of writing, on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/power_ballad\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/power_ballad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>. Notably, this is based on 30 reviews and is expected to change once more reviews come in.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to directing, Carney co-wrote the screenplay with Peter McDonald. He also co-produced with Anthony Bregman, Peter Cron, Rebecca O\u2019Flanagan, and Robert Walpole.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Rudd and Jonas, the movie features Marcella Plunkett, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/movies\/news\/2097269-lee-cronin-the-mummy-trailer-previews-evil-dead-rise-director-terrifying-horror-movie\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/movies\/news\/2097269-lee-cronin-the-mummy-trailer-previews-evil-dead-rise-director-terrifying-horror-movie\">Jack Reynor<\/a>, and Havana Rose Liu, among others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.comingsoon.net \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas\u2018 new musical comedy film is yet to be released, but early reviews have already surfaced. These paint a primarily positive picture, with critics praising the tone, style, and performances, among other aspects, resulting in a commendable Rotten Tomatoes score. It earlier premiered at the Dublin International Film Festival on March [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2406476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[21741,24386,24077,309082,402811],"class_list":["post-2406475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-entertainment-news","tag-nick-jonas","tag-paul-rudd","tag-power-ballad"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Paul-Rudds-New-Music-Movie-With-Nick-Jonas-Gets-Promising.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406477,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406475\/revisions\/2406477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2406476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}