Following the scandalous abdication of his brother King Edward VIII, Bertie (Colin Firth) who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly crowned King George VI of the United Kingdom. With his country on the brink of war and in desperate need of a leader, his wife Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter) seeks out the help of eccentric speech therapist, Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush). Based on the true story of King George VI, The King's Speech is the inspirational tale of one man's quest to find his voice.
Film Crew
- : Tom Hooper
- : David Seidler
- : Iain Canning
- : Bob Weinstein
- : Harvey Weinstein
- : Danny Cohen
- : Tim Smith
- : Geoffrey Rush
- : Mark Foligno
- : Paul Brett
- : Peter Heslop
- : Simon Egan
- : Eve Stewart
- : Alexandre Desplat
- : Lee Walpole
- : Tariq Anwar
- : Jenny Beavan
- : Emile Sherman
- : Martin Harrison
- : Gareth Unwin
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- English
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The newly crowned King George VI must overcome his debilitating speech impediment to inspire and lead his people on the brink of war.-
Tom Hooper's richly enjoyable and handsomely produced movie about George VI's struggle to cure his stammer is a massively confident crowd-pleaser. What looks at first like a conventional Brit period drama about royals is actually a witty and elegant new perspective on the abdication crisis and on the dysfunctional quiver at the heart of the Windsors and of prewar Britain.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian -
This is a film of small, precise, perfectly judged moments: while the historical backdrop could easily have made for epic overstatement and hand-wringing melodrama, Seidler and Hooper’s decision to focus their attention on the characters and on their relationships and insecurities, makes ‘The King’s Speech’ feel intimate and wholly convincing.
Tom Huddleston, TimeOut London -
Lately, British filmmakers have zeroed in on personal moments and back stories that go a long way in not only humanizing their royal family but also creating a much greater awareness of the trials and difficulties faced by those in such "exalted" positions. 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.
Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter -
It could have been a bunch of pip-pip, stiff-upper-lip Brit blather about a stuttering king who learns to stop worrying and love the microphone. Instead, The King's Speech — a crowning achievement powered by a dream cast — digs vibrant human drama out of the dry dust of history.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
