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The King's Speech

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

The King's Speech

2010

Tom Hooper

Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Gambon ...

7.4

93,437

Drama This is the story of King George VI. When his older brother abdicates the throne, nervous-mannered successor George "Bertie" VI (Colin Firth) reluctantly dons the crown. Though his stutter soon raises concerns about his leadership skills, King George VI eventually comes into his own with the help of unconventional speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush). Before long the king and Lionel have forged an unlikely bond, a bond that ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	David Edelstein New York Magazine	"It’s a prizewinning combination, terribly English and totally Hollywood, and Firth is, once more, uncanny"	POS
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"A riveting, intimate account at how a British king triumphed over a speech impediment"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"A crowning achievement powered by a dream cast -- digs vibrant human drama out of the dry dust of history (...) One of the very best movies of the year (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Each character has his moments (...) [but the film is] too ingratiating to resonate deeply"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[It] proves there's fizzing life in old-school British period dramas – it's acted and directed with such sweep, verve, darting lightness (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"[The script is] a model for transforming history into an approachable blend of drama and wit (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"At the end, what we have here is a superior historical drama and a powerful personal one (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"The two leads keep the movie afloat with their light-footed class warfare. This Anglican buddy romance is buoyed by a spicy history lesson about the scandalous marriage of the duke's elder brother"	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Firth and Rush work marvelously together, generating an amusing 'Odd Couple' chemistry that’s unabashedly theatrical"	POS
United States	Ty Burr Boston Globe	"The movie isn’t badly done, just overdone — a cozy art-house crowd-pleaser coasting on the expectations of its genre. At its heart is another very, very good performance by Colin Firth (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU

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