THE KING'S SPEECH is tells the struggle of George IV, or 'Bertie', aptly played by Firth, with his stammering-- the pressure increasing as he is about to be king during wartime England.
The film focuses on his therapy sessions with the unorthodox and without-credentials Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), and the entertainment factor of the film is their relationship as well as Logue's unconventional ways in treating his 'star patient'.
The film is a bit dragging and wouldn't have made such a significant impact if it weren't for Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush. But nevertheless the film was able to redeem itself in its culminating scene, where Colin Firth gives a tremendous performance, an almost duplicate of the real King George in his first wartime speech. The goosebumps and the glowing pride, and your admiration for Colin Firth, that you will feel in the end makes THE KING'S SPEECH a fairly good movie to see.
3 out of 5 stars
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