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Overall Score: 91%
Certified: Royal Swan
Score Breakdown:
"Old-school filmmaking at its best." - Lou Lumenick, New York Post.
This movie brings me back to a much simpler time. Set in the 1930s in the Britain, it's really fun for me to see how England was used to be. I've been watching a lot of British drama lately (my favorite is Skins, by the way) which shows the modern culture of England and Bristol today. So it's a little amusing to see how the British people is so mannered and royal and glamourous. Classy and elegant. This movie is a British historical film that centers around the life of Prince Albert, the Duke of York which is taking role as King George VI after the death of his father, King George V. Born to be a successor of the British empire, he is pressured because other than family expectation, he is having his own personal problem. He stammers when he talks so it's hard for him to do his job and live his life normally, where he's required to speak publicly.
"Let's say it without equivocation: Colin Firth deserves an Oscar for his lead role in The King's Speech as the stammering King George VI." - Claudia Puig, USA Today
All the cast performs elegantly and perfectly. Every enunciation of the. dialogues, every interaction and every details in the performance is just sublime. Colin Firth deserves all the awards he received because his portrayal is excellent. Playing a troubled lead is very hard, especially when it comes to personal matter of the character's and Colin Firth did it as if he was there, he is the character, he's been there before (it's also very hard because this is a non-fiction, so everything must be respecting the real events). Geoffrey Rush's performance is also very entertaining. He can be a little obnoxious, or annoying at little times but everything came off helpful and kind. He really supports the King and the chemistry, the student-teacher, best friends relationship really shows. Helena Bonham Carter is also taking into account. It's nice to finally see her in a realistic role, even though she always did a wonderful job playing anything. She's a chameleon. She's her character, every single time I see her on screen.
Not forget to mention that this movie's cast collection is all very British. They got Michael Gambon, Guy Pearce, a cameo from Tom Hooper, Timothy Spall, Freya Wilson and others that exceed expectations when they are playing a supporting role. When they played their parts, they are not one of the 'background-people' or extras, they belong in their role and make it seems like they are also the main character, they deserve to be seen for only who they are.
"Two men alone create an epic landscape of feeling in one of the very best movies of the year." - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
There's nothing I can say about the plot since this is a non-fiction, except then how I enjoy he flow of the story. Everything is so British, so England. The script is also well written, using languages and words , British adjectives from a much simpler times. The style of language is very authentic, very english and it doesn't comes off as out of date at all. It comes out as a vanity fair, a classic and poised language usage in the movie. The music really supports the scenes and it's very delightful. There's a wide range of moods that we can perceived in the melodies. The visuals are all very beautiful. Not only the scenes, the play technique of the screen captured is very urban, very modern (when they have a person in either side on the lower part of the screen, leaving the other side blank with walls or some sort, the fisheye-look of the rooms). It's all a combination of preserving the past by using today's creative ways.
"Tom Hooper's terrific, Oscar-worthy film is not merely a spot-on period piece; it's also a heartfelt study in the shadings of courage, a film about duty and friendship that's often warmly funny and sometimes painful to watch." - Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Overall, this movie does seem worth the Oscars, the Golden Globes, the BAFTA, and all other possible awards. This movie is poignant, respectful, classy, tender and elegant. It will give the viewers a breeze from the past times that will refresh us and surely be remembered for a very long time because it does feel like a brilliance.
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