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By David Edwards (979) for Daily Mirror (UK) (1,133) on 07 Jan 2011

It all adds up to a very special film with a near-perfect mix of pathos, humour and well-observed period detail…

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By Sukhdev Sandhu (247) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 06 Jan 2011

The true-life story of a king's efforts to overcome his stammer in order to face his public, constructed like a contemporary makeover narrative…

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By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 06 Jan 2011

The rumours are completely true. The superlatives are completely justified…

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By Matt Bochenski (86) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 06 Jan 2011

Not just one of the most entertaining British films in years, but one of the most intriguing, too…

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By Sophie Ivan (49) for Film4 (1,522) on 06 Jan 2011

Top-drawer performances and a script spun from an intriguing episode in the British blueblood annals, this is a solid, slick but undeniably…

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By Roz Laws (210) for Birmingham Post (543) on 06 Jan 2011

Very funny in some places, full of tension in others and terribly moving at times, The King's Speech is brilliantly written and performed…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 06 Jan 2011

By the film's end I was in tears: a pathetic critic-thing whimpering in the half-dark, knocked into resistlessness by the power of storytelling…

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By Alastair Roy (1) for The Skinny (809) on 06 Jan 2011

A fascinating insight into an untold piece of history, The King's Speech is warm-hearted and funny when it could have been frightfully dull…

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By Matt Risley (45) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 06 Jan 2011

It certainly has the whiff of Oscar bait about it. But when it's executed this superbly you can't help but concede it's good enough to warrant it…

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By Mark R. Leeper (892) for Mark Leeper's Reviews (297) on 06 Jan 2011

A rich and warm study of the royal family of England. This is one of the best-written films of the year…

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By Michael Bonner (121) for Uncut Magazine [UK] (201) on 05 Jan 2011

The players are as good as you'd expect and while this is clearly positioned as high-end heritage drama, it shows a keen wit…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for News of the World (402) on 04 Jan 2011

Colin Firth's made an amazing film by being a stuttering, upper-class English gent? Hugh Grant must be bloody kicking himself…

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By Widgett Walls (433) for Needcoffee.com (433) on 03 Jan 2011

As you get into the film you realize it's...quite an extraordinary framework in which Colin Firth can deliver this performance…

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By Fernando F. Croce (840) for CinePassion (694) on 03 Jan 2011

The problem isn't the performers, but the waste of potentially interesting aspects…

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By Ian Nathan (392) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 03 Jan 2011

Think the blazing joys of Chariots Of Fire where the race is to the end of a sentence. Can it be that the British are coming…

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By Stuart Klawans (282) for The Nation (355) on 03 Jan 2011

The wonder is that this sort of thing should enable such an involving and satisfying relationship to come about -- between Lionel and Bertie,…

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By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Shockya.com (657) on 29 Dec 2010

The combination of spectacular performances and masterful direction turns this true story into an all-consuming emotional experience…

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By Jeffrey Chen (849) for Window to the Movies (638) on 29 Dec 2010

Gains its mileage from likable characters being played by fine actors, and ends up as another example of formula polished to a bright shine…

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By Matt Soergel (215) for Florida Times-Union (216) on 29 Dec 2010

Two great performances, neither marked by that 'look at me…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 28 Dec 2010

Hooper shoots much of the action with Terry Gilliam-esque 'fisheye' lenses, to suggest that Bertie feels alienated from his environment and…

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