A common man after all

Rating: 7/10 (13 March 2011)

But one with special responsibilities. This movie about the drama of King George VI because of his severe stammer and the fact that due to his position first as a prince and later as a king, this is a great problem, may be considered by republicans as dealing with something not worth of great interest or value since they abhor and despise monarchy and monarchist institutions. But we must see this as the true historical fact that had political impact not only in the UK but even in Europe or the world. The voice limitation of the Chief of State of a great European power in such critical times as the Thirties of last century was, with the ascension of Nazism putting a dark cloud over Europe and the world, a theme worth a movie or any other artistic or literary work. And this movie tells us this dramatic story in a very effective and realistic way with all performers doing an excellent job. The movie direction was a solid one, recreating very well the British palatial atmosphere of those times and showing us very expressively the sometimes tumultuous relationship between the stammering prince and his very peculiar speech therapist. Not exactly a masterpiece since the theme doesn't allow such ecstasy but a good film anyway, one of the best we have seen this year.