Movie #128: The King’s Speech

Movie #: 128
Movie Title: The King’s Speech
Year Released: 2010

Director: Tom Hooper
Notable Cast: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Derek Jacobi, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Gambon

Short Description: The story of King George VI of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: N/A
IMDB.com: N/A
Ranker.com: N/A
Lifed.com: #35
Empire.com:
FilmCrave.com: N/A
FlickChart.com: N/A

Note: This is the highest ranking movie that only appears on Lifed.com's list.



Date Watched: 5/4/2016

Grade: 3 out of 5 (Good)

Rationale: I found myself getting increasingly mad at The King’s Speech the deeper I got into it only because I struggled to understand the rationale of a Colin Firth’s King George VI fighting so hard against receiving speech help from Geoffrey Rush's Lionel Logue when that help was clearly working. The film hinted at mental abuse he received from his brother as kids in the form of teasing and from his father in the form of belittling, but if that’s solely the motivation for George’s unwillingness to try and general low self esteem it’s not emphasized enough. I’m still shocked that The Social Network didn’t win Best Picture instead of The King’s Speech as The Social Network was slightly better in my opinion.