Beautifully acted, a wonderful film

Rating: 9/10 (11 February 2011)

It is a film that has been hyped as one of those films that wins awards for the people involved and is all very worthy. It is all that and more.
All of the leads in the film give wonderful performances, Helena Bonham Carter is excellent as George VI's wife Elizabeth, and Geoffrey Rush as Lionel Logue is delightfully restrained and yet warm, but the film is Colin Firth's. He gives a truly brilliant performance as Bertie, at times warm and gentle, at times driven to anger by frustration, at times tongue tied and scared, and yet human and engaging throughout.
I am not ashamed to say I cried a little at the end, and smiled as well. This is a thoughtful, well directed, beautifully acted gem of a film.