The Ballad of Wallis Island

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Has anyone else seen this?
I enjoyed watching it, but couldn't read what was written on the balloon when it was dredged up.
I also thought the American husband was shoehorned in unnecessarily, perhaps for sales in the US. One minute a buffoon, the next completely different.

Loved it

I’ve watched it too, such as good film. I didn’t see what it said on the balloon either, but I’ve just asked my husband and he said it was to his late wife. Something along the lines of that he was there with the band.
I loved the ending.

Yes, me too.
A lazier film would have had the female character return, but this avoided it.

I love this film. I can’t remember what it said on the balloon but I could read it - I’ll try to remember.
I didn’t think the American husband was a buffoon - just one of those jolly nothing really gets to me, positive types.. on the face of it. But comfortable directly confronting someone- he was actually like the rare thing of a well-adjusted person (!) where most films have flawed characters (to get the audience to empathise I expect).
I love the main character so much.

I couldn’t wait to watch it but I was disappointed. Thought it felt flat at the end. The balloon said something along the lines that he still missed her (his late wife) every day.

I really didn’t like it, Tim Key’s bumbling fool shtick really grated on my last nerve and Carey Mulligan didn’t bring anything to the party. It was a very rare date night at the pictures and just succeeded in putting me in a bad mood 🥴

I thought it was delightful and Carey Mulligan was her charming self. Her smile just lights the place up.

The husband was perfectly decent and served the essential plot point of making sure they couldn't get back together.

Th message on the lantern was "Marie, I'm with McGuire Mortimer and it's perfect. Love you always" (or something on those lines) Basically a message saying he is living their dream and it's just as he hoped.

I found Tim Key almost unbearable but also very endearing in his uncool enthusiasm and sheer cluelessness. If I had to live with him I'd murder him but for a 90 minute film it was fine.

Absolutely loved it, was one of my favourite things this year.