A Film That Speaks To Everyone

Rating: 9/10 (8 December 2016)

The Kings Speech is a film that I honestly think is an achievement, a film about a royal family member with a stammer really shouldn't have been such a compelling and beautiful film to watch but it was. Probably the most common complaint about this film is that it is widely considered to be "Oscar Bait" well if that means a beautifully written film with amazing performances that is never boring or dull then that's fine by me because this is a truly fantastic film. The biggest praise I could give this movie is that it legitimately makes you care for its lead character, the film takes the time to show you just how much King George's stammer effected him not only privately with his family but also publicly where you saw the self humiliation he endured and it's all done perfectly. While the beautiful script had a large part in this it was truly Colin Firths magnificent performance that carried this film, through his performance you understand just how much he endured and you feel the fear he felt in taking the crown and his fear in his own voice, Firth won an Oscar for his performance and it was very well deserved. While no one steals the spotlight from Firth there are plenty other performances that truly shined in this film mainly Geoffrey Rush. Rush is just so likable in this film he has fantastic chemistry with Firth but he was also a very well written character, you understood his need to help people, his past was very well developed and added something to his character. Helena Bonham Carter completely departs from her usual work and gives the best performance of her career in this film, she was such a supportive character to Colin Firth she made me legitimately smile in some places when she comforts her husband and doesn't make this film to sad to endure. This film is not all sad and gloomy it's a very uplifting and inspiring film that does have some really good humour to it. Guy Pearce can be a very good actor when he wants to be and he clearly wanted to be in this film because he did a great job in this movie, his character was despicable and Pearce clearly eats it all up and it adds to the torment of Firths character, but my biggest complaint about this film is his character arc, not enough time was taken to truly justify some of the decisions his character makes and didn't feel earned when he made them.
This is a performance piece, this film relies entirely on its lead performances and there was not a bad one in sight, this film is inspirational an uplifting, Colin Firth is incredible in the film and will not stop reiterating how impressed I was at how compelling this film was.
91%/A