Of the movies that have come out this year, there are only a small select few that I can say are the best of the year, and The King’s Speech is one of them. Again there is not much else to be said other than how fantastic the actors were and how well made this movie was.
Colin Firth is fantastic as the stuttering Duke of York (Prince Albert) who later became King George VI. Everyone from the leads to the small supporting cast such as Jennifer Ehle (Pride and Prejudice the 5 hour version), Timothy Spall, and Derek Jacobi, there is hardly a thing I would change, and that is saying much.
Tom Hooper, the director of great TV films and series such as John Adams and Elizabeth I, did his first theatrical film last year, The Damned United (pardon the title). That being one of my all time favorites, he tops himself this year. He has a unique way of editing his movies and shooting them. Nothing is ever centered and he uses that to genius. The set pieces are elegant and historically accurate, much like the costumes. But where other period pieces are led astray, your attention is on the actor in them and not the surroundings. And like his previous films, this is no exception. We do not dwell on the beautiful sets and gorgeous dresses and suits, but we look at Colin Firth or Geoffrey Rush or Helena Bonham Carter. And that is quite the feat.
If you get a chance to see this movie, without hesitation, see it. It doesn’t matter if you can’t or don’t see R films, because the only reason why it is R is because there are two scenes where Colin Firth uses the f-word to help with his speech therapy, so it has to R. So see it if you love these films and see it if you don’t.
*Like many other movies such as The Dark Knight or No Country For Old Men, if I could, I would give it more stars
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