The King's Speech

3.50
    The King's Speech
    2010

    Synopsis

    The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.

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    Cast

    • Colin FirthKing George VI
    • Geoffrey RushLionel Logue
    • Helena Bonham CarterQueen Elizabeth
    • Guy PearceKing Edward VIII
    • Timothy SpallWinston Churchill
    • Michael GambonKing George V
    • Jennifer EhleMyrtle Logue
    • Derek JacobiArchbishop Cosmo Lang
    • Freya WilsonPrincess Elizabeth
    • Ramona MarquezPrincess Margaret

    Recommendations

    • 100

      USA Today

      Let's say it without equivocation: Colin Firth deserves an Oscar for his lead role in The King's Speech as the stammering King George VI.
    • 100

      NPR

      It's the relationship between the two men that makes the film work: Geoffrey Rush's teacher cracking the quip, and Colin Firth so persuasive as the panicky king that by the time he gets to his crucial speech about going to war, you'll be panicking right along with him.
    • 100

      San Francisco Chronicle

      The King's Speech is a warm, wise film - the best period movie of the year and one of the year's best movies.
    • 90

      Salon

      It's a warm, richly funny and highly enjoyable human story that takes an intriguing sideways glance at a crucial period in 20th-century history.
    • 88

      The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

      Yes, The King's Speech is a lively burst of populist rhetoric, superbly performed and guaranteed to please even discriminating crowds.
    • 80

      Los Angeles Times

      The gift of The King's Speech is that it allows us to look on as a pair of masterful actors re-create a monumental test of wills.
    • 80

      New York Magazine (Vulture)

      It's a prizewinning combination, terribly English and totally Hollywood, and Firth is, once more, uncanny: He evokes, in mid-stammer, existential dread.
    • 80

      The Hollywood Reporter

      It 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.

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