The King's Speech-Wonderful Film Helps Toleration for Stammering ****

Rating: 9/10 (5 February 2011)

Am hoping that this film will capture the 2010 Oscar for best picture.
Colin Firth gives a stupendous performance as George the VI, a man who is suffering due to his stuttering. Helena Bonham Carter gives an understated performance as his sympathetic wife, desperately trying to help her distraught husband.
The film is so rich in history with the abdication of King Edward, and the coming of World War 11 discussed.
Geoffrey Rush, as the speech therapist, is absolutely memorable. He not only is Bertie's therapist, the two develop an ever-lasting friendship that carries them into the king giving his pep-war speech to the British people.
How many of us knew that George VI had this handicap? Firth's performance is such that you will develop an attachment and deep sympathy for him.
Oscar night should be a night for people with stuttering to share in the greatness of this movie.