Arguably the most feel-good entry in Nora Ephron’s oeuvre, this movie comes in handy just when you’ve convinced yourself that ...

Life can truly be demanding—whether it’s from stress at work, lingering personal matters, or simply a gloomy day when motivation has gone south.

Yet one of many charms of “The Ballad of Wallis Island” is that it has no intentions of timeliness. It has nothing to do with “now,” which, in a way, might make it all the better suited to today.

“So I guess that’s a good thing ... less unspools over the gentle, funny and sweetly poignant “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” the springtime movie release that may be most likely ...