The King’s Speech
To see The King’s Speech, is to watch the life of an historic figure, and loving family man, unfolded to reveal the unrefined, troubled reality, of a miserable childhood resulting in a permanent impairment.
Performances of rare beauty from Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter make this extraordinary film, about King George VI’s struggle with a crippling speech impediment, a complete pleasure to watch.
There are contrasting portrayals of the royal family that are not at any time dull. From our lovable and courageous leading man, to his more flawed counterpart, brother Edward VII who infamously abdicated from the throne to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson. The romanced couple can be found elegantly sipping a G & T in the orangery while a country in turmoil listens to their King face his ultimate fear of public speaking in his first war-time speech to the country on the wireless.
This film isn’t to be mistaken for a royalist history lesson, as at the true heart of the moving period drama is the story of an unlikely friendship between the King and his quirky Aussie speech therapist.
An influential and unattainable individual is suffering his very human turmoil behind closed doors, away from that ghastly war outside. A personal journey separate to his public’s turbulent world.
Nonetheless, a superb cast make this a delight, for the cinema or indeed a Sunday afternoon.
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