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The King's Speech (2010)

R 11/26/2010 Drama, History 1h 58m
77%
User
Score
8.0/10
94%
88/100

Find your voice.

Overview

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.

Tom Hooper

Director

David Seidler

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Colin Firth

Colin Firth

King George VI

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush

Lionel Logue

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter

Queen Elizabeth

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce

King Edward VIII

Timothy Spall

Timothy Spall

Winston Churchill

Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon

King George V

Jennifer Ehle

Jennifer Ehle

Myrtle Logue

Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

Archbishop Cosmo Lang

Freya Wilson

Freya Wilson

Princess Elizabeth

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Reviews

A review by Andres Gomez

Written on November 26, 2012

Round movie: good story, great cast, impressive stage and fantastic performances. It has it all....

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A review by John Chard

Written on August 2, 2019

The gift of cinema does credit to the gift of speech.

The King's Speech is directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. It stars Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Derek Jacobi & Michael Gambon. Music is by Alexandre Desplat and photography is by Danny Cohen. The idea for the film came about after Seidler read about how King George VI (Firth) overcame his stammer after a friendship was formed with his voice coach Lionel Logue (Rush). Having himself overcome a stutter problem in his youth, Seidler set about writing his story from informed information. A bonus came before filming started when notebooks belonging to Logue were put forward for use. These enabled Seidler to incorporate works from the books into the screenplay. Plot picks up j...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on April 1, 2024

Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth make for quite a pairing in this touching drama of King George VI and his speech impediment. Being called upon for public speaking only increased the anxiety of the then Duke of York (Firth) and so his wife (Helena Bonham Carter) decided that there had to be a better way to treat her husband than sticking an handful of marbles in this mouth. She, as "Mrs. Johnson" sets up a chat with speech therapist Lionel Logue (Rush) and he, having no idea who she really is, only agrees to see him if he comes to his consulting room. Unfamiliar with the backchat, but impressed by his independent mindedness, TRH duly arrive and once Logue gets over the shock, he begins to deal with his new, cash-are, client in a polite but hardly deferential fashion. Gradually we see that pro...

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