Amazing performances and style, but at times felt a bit bored...but still a great film!

Rating: 8/10 (8 January 2011)

A character driven story seeing 'Bertie' cope with his stammer problem, being thrown into kingship and dealing with the coming of WW2. Colin Firth was brilliant, defiantly deserves an Oscar nomination for his role. There were moments in the film when we really got a deep insight into his character. He was not just a king, but a person with qualities and emotion. Helena Bonham Carter was great as Bertie's wife as she had class and she played the role really well of being Bertie's support system. Geoffrey Rush as Bertie's speech therapist was an interesting character, he was funny and great to watch. All characters was great to watch and had something unique about them. The style of the film was top class as well. If there was one criticism i would say it did feel, at times, quite dreary but i think the characters kept the film up and kept you watching. Plus there is repetition of the "F" word but only in speech therapy context to loosen Bertie up. All in all, a good watch and i think if you are a historian you'll love it even more. I'm not leaping off my chair but i'm not sitting down criticising the whole film. Good effort.