Beautiful Story, Slow at Times.

Rating: 8/10 (2 January 2020)

Review:
'The King's Speech' is a historical-drama film directed by Tom Hooper.
I first watched this movie in English class when I was in high school. I guess my tastes in movies changed because I remember this being a long and boring movie. While it is a slow burn, the story being told is intriguing enough to keep you invested.
Colin Firth plays the future King George VI who, to cope with a stammer, sees Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), an Australian speech and language therapist. The men become friends as they work together, and after his brother (Guy Pearce) abdicates the throne, the new king relies on Logue to help him make his first wartime radio broadcast on Britain's declaration of war on Germany in 1939.
Everyone in this movie was on point, but the two leads truly shined and make this movie shine bright. Geoffrey Rush is one of those actors who isn't in a lot on American made films and gets lost in the balance of great actors working today. He was brilliant in this movie. He felt like a man trying to make a living for his family, then an opportunity of a lifetime comes up and he snatches it. Colin Firth does a good job as well. I wasn't held up on the stammering one bit, I thought I was actually watching a man struggling to speech.
This is a powerful, funny and deeply moving story, told against the backdrop of a critical juncture in modern history, of the emergence of a deep friendship out of a professional relationship between two men who would otherwise never have socially interacted. It does get a little slow at times and I checked to see how much longer the runtime has until its over. Though the story that's being told is intriguing.
Overall, the movie is stalked to the brim with great performances. It has a great script and a compelling story to keep you invested even in the slow moments.
4/5