I succumbed to the Oscar's charms and watched King's Speech since it's free on Showtime. The film is the story of soon to be King George VI and his strange stammering and stranger ascent to the thrown. Geoffrey Rush is his standard great self, Colin Firth is excellent, and Helena Bonham Carter can somehow play a crazed bitch in Fight Club as well as an English Queen, pretty good stuff. The King has a crippling stammer that makes public speech impossible. Rush is the last option, though the King is far from a fan at first. Their relationship and the King's progress moves forward and it's very well done and acted throughout. It's an excellent biopic that really puts you into the time and immerses you in it. I don't think it deserved Best Picture in front of the amazing and original Inception, but that might be my youth taking over.
Bottom Line: 8.1 out of 10. Very strong movie, just far from exciting or dazzling to the layman like myself.
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