Review of The King's Speech (2010) by Vijay N — 07 Jun 2015

Wonders are often lucid, this movie is one. Tom Hooper's presentation is as royal as the characters involved. Seidler's screenplay not only resurrects the history, but also recreates the emotion.

This movie is a real challenge in writing dialogues, as the protagonist himself stammers and is the soul entity around whom the entire story is weaved, despite of this lack of broader scope the conversations are sublime and dig deep into the heart through ears.

The unusual combination of an extremely royal being to an ultra commoner is really well worked out without dissection of one under the other. Colin Firth lives out the character and one would wonder if he really stuttered.

Geoffrey Rush maintains his commoner look throughout the movie despite of the royal neighbourhood constantly emerging. Mr. Rush gives a promising performance by seeming special and also common simultaneously.

Cinematography really helps in generating the feel of the royal era. music well supports the plot and intensifies the emotion. Costumes really get the actors into character's skin. Finally, the king's speech is a pure classic with great performances for a great plot.