The King's Speech Movie Review
The King's Speech Review The King's Speech is a movie about a royal monarch with a severe speech impediment. He has suffered from a stammer his entire life. When his father, who is king, passes away the throne is given to an elder brother. The brother choses to abdicate the throne, forcing the duke into power. Required to give speeches, he seeks help from an unlicensed speech therapist. The movie is his journey to overcome the stammer and take the throne as king. My opinion of the movie is well casted, but the plot is missing excitement. Star of the film, Colin Firth portrays The Duke of York. He has had a stammer all of his life, and since he has to give public speeches all the time, he needs some help. Colin Firth, who doesn't actually have a stutter, makes it very believable. Firth, being the main character in the film, played the part better than anyone else could have. Lionel Logue, who is played by Geoffrey Rush, becomes his speech therapist. Logue not only becomes the duke’s speech therapist, but also becomes an important friend. Especially when the Duke is forced to become the King of England (George VI). When King George V of England died and his eldest son (Guy Pearce) abdicated, the duty fell to Prince Albert. He was not prepared for the responsibility since he had suffered from a speech impediment that caused him to stammer and was thus unable to successfully give speeches. His father, played by Michael Gambon, passes away leaving the throne to older brother, King Edward VII (Guy Pearce). Kind Edward chooses to abdicate the throne to marry a divorced woman, Wallis Simpson, who is played by Eve Best. Forced into power, The Duke's wife, Helena Bonham Carter, who is well known for her out of the ordinary and merciless characters is loving and devoted to her husband, goes out of her way to help him. This is very out of character for her because in this movie she plays a loving, caring, and supportive wife. She sends him to Logue in hopes to cure