Truly awful

Rating: 1/10 (21 May 2013)

It is impossible to take this awful, badly acted rubbish seriously in any way, not least because Colin Firth looks and sounds absolutely NOTHING like King George VI at all. In any case the story is completely unimportant since George VI was just an irrelevant figurehead without any power at all, very much like every British monarch since William IV.
By starting World War II the UK destroyed itself and became an American satellite, as the Suez Crisis proved. Funny how the UK only declared war on Germany in 1939 - even though Germany and the Soviet Union both invaded Poland at the same time! Everybody knew this had been arranged in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in August.
If they were going to make this film they should have at least cast somebody who even vaguely resembled the actual monarch. Hugh Grant turned this film down, with make up he could have been made to resemble George - unlike Colin Firth who is horrendously miscast and gives his usual talentless performance. Michael Gambon is much too heavy to play his father King George V, but at least he isn't as badly cast as the lead.
It was really worth the UK starting World War II, just so it would bankrupt itself and hand over all of eastern Europe - including Poland - to the Soviets for the next 50 years. It's funny how people don't seem to realise that the Blitz happened because the RAF was bombing civilian cities in Germany.
0/10.