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While far from easy, both roles provide a delightful opportunity for Firth and Rush to poke a bit of fun at their profession.
Full reviewThe big winner at the 2011 Academy Awards (Best Film, Actor, Director and Screenplay), The King's Speech stars Helena Bonham Carter as Queen Elizabeth, Colin Firth as King George VI, and also starring Geoffrey Rush, Guy Pearce and Michael Gambon.
Tells the story of King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be King, he engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue (Rush). Through his friendship with Logue, George finds his voice and confidence, and leads Britain into World War II.
While far from easy, both roles provide a delightful opportunity for Firth and Rush to poke a bit of fun at their profession.
Full reviewIf The King’s Speech doesn’t bring him the Oscar he just missed for that role, it’ll be a royal scandal.
Full reviewThat film does have its attractions, notably in its two solid leads and standout support from Mr. Pearce.
Full reviewThis handsome movie about the abdication crisis and George VI's stammer is a clever anti-Pygmalion
Full reviewThe piano refrain that opens The King’s Speech tells you to expect a film that prizes respectability above all else. And yet almost imperceptibly, something shifts in Tom Hooper’s period comedy.
Full reviewIt perhaps started with "The Queen," continued with "Young Victoria" and now achieves the most intimate glimpse inside the royal camp to date with The King's Speech.
Full reviewThink the blazing joys of "Chariots Of Fire" where the race is to the end of a sentence. Can it be that the British are coming?
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