Random Movie Review - The King's Speech

 

You know, whether we like these award shows or not, most of the nominations and winners go to the films that are based on things that happened in real life. But that's not to say that they are all great and superior. Of course not, as very few of them are stinkers and highly inaccurate to the point where people outright refuse to watch them. The Royal Family (specifically the ones that are UK monarchs) have had a very interesting history. Not just with controversial interviews and what they have done, but the way they behave and conditions that they each have medical or not. Today we're looking at one of perhaps a few true events films that I have watched in the cinema, which just so happens to be about the Royal Family and is one of several films to have been wrongfully given age ratings just for a singular thing that is only in one scene. That and the director would go on to create the Cats film, which shows that even a good director can one day end up making stinkers like that (not that I've seen it or anything). Anyway, enough *ahem* talk, let's see if this is good or not:

The film begins at the official closing of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Stadium, where Prince Albert, the Duke of York (played by Colin Firth), addresses the crowd with a strong stammer. His search for treatment has made him very discouraged. That is until his wife Elizabeth (played by Helena Bonham Carter) persuades him to meet an Australian-born speech defects therapist called Lionel Logue (played by Geoffrey Rush) and treatment soon begins with trails and tribulations that would ultimately lead into the Duke of York addressing the nation via radio in the wake of Britain's declaration of war on Germany.

As period dramas go, this is pretty good. A wonderfully talented cast that put their all into the roles they get (especially Firth) and despite the more accurate age rating, the film can still be difficult to watch if stammer is a thing that triggers you or makes you uncomfortable. No idea how historically accurate it is, but it's a good must see watch if nothing else. 9/10