High praise, indeed.
By Danni Scott
A new British film has been hailed as ‘one of the greatest of all time’ by rom-com legend Richard Curtis.
The Love, Actually director heaped praise onto The Ballad of Wallis Island, which hasn’t even hit cinemas yet.
It sees two former bandmates and lovers come back together for a supposed one-off gig for an eccentric and reclusive lottery winner who happens to be a super fan.
Starring Tim Key, Tom Basden, and Carey Mulligan, the film will be released on May 30 in the UK and has already found a huge fan in Richard, 68.
Speaking to Alex Jones and Harry Judd on their podcast Binge, he said: ‘This is one of the ten greatest British movies of all time.’
Richard continued: ‘It’s about pop music, it’s about loneliness, really romantic in a kind of muddy way. It’s set on an island in Wales.’
Alex declared his praise was the ‘most watertight recommendation’ they had had on the show, adding: ‘It doesn’t get better than that’. [ . . . ]
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