Power Ballad Is Shockingly Sincere - Fireside Discussion

About this episode

Grant and Drew review the music film Power Ballad, exploring its themes and characters.

A music film, partially set in Ireland, starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas… Grant and Drew review John Carney’s Power Ballad! What is this movie really saying?? Grant's Letterboxd Drew's Letterboxd Grant's Blu-ray of the Week Drew's Blu-ray of the Week Stole My Line Essentials Watch this episode on YouTube! Our Team Grant Crenshaw - Host Drew McKinney - Host Chapters (00:00) - Intro (01:18) - Spoiler-Free Thoughts (05:06) - The Main Conflict (09:43) - Our Rating (10:32) - Spoilers: The Ending (14:15) - The Nugget of Truth (18:08) - Underdeveloped Characters? (24:15) - The Party Question (26:31) - Coming Up & Take a break… *Stole My Line is an Amazon associate. Thus, any Amazon link in this description is an associate link. The purchase of an item from this link would result in Stole My Line receiving a portion of the payment.

People in this episode

Hosts: Grant Crenshaw, Drew McKinney

Topics covered

• film review
• music film
• character analysis
• spoiler discussion
• Irish setting

Keywords

• Power Ballad
• film review
• Paul Rudd
• Nick Jonas
• Irish film
• character development
• spoilers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stole My Line, Amazon, YouTube

Books & works: Power Ballad

Places: Ireland

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