Little told piece of history

Rating: 9/10 (30 January 2011)

Just saw this movie, Firth & Rush should get an Oscar for their performances. It was well directed, produced & well cast. Maybe the Winston Churchill character was a bit of a push; not by much & the rest of the actors did very well in their characters.
The movie didn't drag in the very least, it moved right along. The viewer is well informed of the dynamics of mostly of these two characters, the King (George the VI) and the therapist. They are pushed together mostly out of desperation, on the Kings part, but also by a sense of servitude on the therapist's.
The movie centers on a very dramatic time in the world. A monarchy that has ruled a large part of the world, an impending World War II and the shake up, that gets thrown into the lap of a man who barley saw it coming.
It was again, a very well scripted movie; it has elements of comedy, drama, suspense. It isn't an action movie by definition, but there is an allusion of it, in that the viewer is held in suspense that without knowing history, you wouldn't know how this story would turn out.