The King's Speech is an easy pick for my favourite movie of the year. It's funny, it's touching, and it's brilliantly executed. Colin Firth is poor Prince Albert who has a terrible stammer. The impediment is painful not only for "Bertie" but for anyone around him who must listen to him speak. That includes the audience. Firth does a magnificent job at expressing the pain, and the frustration of therapy and the expectations of those around him. Having abandoned all hope, his wife resorts to the classified ads of the newspaper and ends up with an eccentric Aussie speech therapist, brilliantly played by Geoffrey Rush. The movie touches on many subjects - class, anxiety, leadership to name a few - and deals with them all within the context of pre WWII Britain. But more than Hitler's rising threat, Albert must overcome his anxiety as he suddenly finds himself as King George VI after his brother abdicates to marry an American of questionable honour. A stirring tale of friendship, honour, and overcoming personal trials.
Rating *****
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