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The Kings Speech
Prince Albert is to take over the throne of King George VI, but may suffer from a problem in speech and so it will be very difficult because the country needs a king who is good communication with the people. Queen Elizabeth is hiring a psychotherapist and an Australian representative named Lionel Lugo to help him overcome this dilemma. The relationship between the two men evolves. Lugo uses unconventional means to teach the king how to speak with confidence to overcome the disaster that may have followed him on his arrival at the throne.
16 July 1986, Auckland, New Zealand
January 26, 1988 in London
1965, Wimbledon, London, England, UK
20 April 1889, Braunau am Inn, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
1967, England, UK
19 October 1940, Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
9 May 1952, England, UK
4 December 1973, UK
6 July 1951, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
February 20, 2015
Watching Firth agonisingly stammer his way through the closing speech at the Empire Exhibition at Wembley Stadium in 1925 is a masterclass in acting.
February 16, 2013
The King's Speech is the rare work of art that's also an immense crowdpleaser.
February 16, 2013
In The King's Speech, Colin Firth once again reminds us of what a great actor he is.
February 20, 2015
It's an uplifting audience pleaser that also showcases film-making arts and crafts at an exalted level.
March 11, 2016
Simple, moving and incredibly enjoyable.
February 26, 2017
It's the kind of role that's tailor-made for Colin Firth.
February 16, 2013
A polite, occasionally rousing, and more often than not, boring affair.
February 23, 2016
It is a film that knows its limits -- and then transcends them almost casually, but with resonant and powerful effect.
February 16, 2013
A powerful back story does not necessarily improve a movie, but The King's Speech has a pretty irresistible one. It might even end with a dramatic night at the Oscars in February.
February 16, 2013
Classic, rousing entertainment loaded with both humor and poignancy.
February 20, 2015
The film is richly rooted, with splendid trappings, including pea-soup fogs. For all the pomp and protocol, it's an intimate story about a scared man who must find his voice if he is to rise, in regal stature, above his epaulets.
February 26, 2017
It's a handsomely mounted, finely acted and, above all, intelligent drama that puts flesh on the bones of historical figures.