I just saw “The King’s Speech” and it deserves every one of the 7 Golden Globe nominations that it picked-up.
The Duke of York (Colin Firth) has had a stutter all of his life, and since he has to give public speeches all the time, he needs some help. Geoffrey Rush becomes his speech therapist, and he also becomes an important friend, especially when the Duke is forced to become the King of England (George VI).
Firth and Helena Bonham Carter are very good, but I especially like Rush’s character and performance. The film is a true story, filled with light humor, and it’s most about a special relationship between two historical figures. In fact, it’s very similar to “Frost/Nixon”, which was one of my favorite movies of 2009.
“The King’s Speech” is Rated R, but only for some adult language used during two, brief speech therapy scenes. And it’s too bad, because this is the type of quality film that that middle school and older kids should see, because of the historical ties in the story, which is set in the late 1930’s and leads-up to England being forced to declare war against Germany.
Overall, it’s a terrific movie that should do very well during awards season, and is really a must-see for everyone. So parents, ignore the R and take you kids to “The King’s Speech”. I guarantee you’ll thank me, and I promise they won’t hear any words they don’t already know.