Somebody already made a movie about a charming-fuckup wedding singer who longs to perform his own songs instead of the obligatory covers of ’80s hits. It’s called The Wedding Singer, and it fucking rules. You might think that one wedding-singer comedy would be enough, especially since that one wedding-singer movie was a huge hit that became a cable staple. You might think that nobody would need another wedding singer comedy, especially since wedding bands are relative rarities these days. (Someone must hire them, but I haven’t been to a wedding reception with a band since my aunt got married in the late ’90s.) Nevertheless, the Irish writer and director John Carney’s new film Power Ballad dares to revisit that territory and to ask a pressing question: What if a wedding singer wrote a song and somebody stole it?
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