"Take a good deep breath, and up comes Your Royal Highness."

Rating: 9/10 (9 May 2017)

Truly an inspiring story of King George VI (Colin Firth), thrust into the limelight as King of England when his brother Edward VII (Guy Pearce) abdicated the throne for a twice divorced American. The dynamic between George VI and his elocution teacher was one based on trust and equality, even though it might have taken some time to come to that realization on the part of George. I particularly liked the way Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) put the Archbishop (Derek Jacobi) in his place in the scene establishing Logue's importance in preparing the King for his address to the nation. That, and the way George stood up to the Archbishop over Logue's place during the coronation. The idea that Logue wasn't intimidated at all throughout the picture by members of the Royal Family seems a bit of a stretch to me, but that's a minor nit-pick. What was particularly impressive was the way Logue guaranteed George's radio performance by simply stating - "Say it to me as a friend".