Winner of four Oscars(R) including "Best Picture" and "Best Actor," The King's Speech is based on the true story of King George VI's quest to find his voice. Starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, and Helena Bonham Carter.
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| ...a remarkable movie about a remarkable friendship. It honors the audience's intelligence, which makes it a double rarity. —Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor |
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...a remarkable movie about a remarkable friendship. It honors the audience's intelligence, which makes it a double rarity.
—Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor
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...the point to make right now is that even if you're an unregenerate monarchy-hater like me (and I was trained by my Irish Republican father to view the royals as corrupt, subhuman leeches) The King's Speech is both a great night at the movies and a terrific yarn of unexpected human and historical depth.
—Andrew O'Hehir Salon
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Old school filmmaking at its best...
—Lou Lumenick New York Post
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...a riveting, intimate account at how a British king triumphed over a speech impediment with the help of an unorthodox speech coach.
—Kirk Honeycutt Hollywood Reporter
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...a stirring, handsomely mounted tale of unlikely friendship starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush...
—Peter debruge Variety
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...one of the year's best.
—Matt Stevens E!
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Let's say it without equivocation: Colin Firth deserves an Oscar...
—Claudia Puig USA Today
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Because this British film has the contours of an Oscar-friendly Hollywood story (not for nothing is the Weinstein Co. involved), The King's Speech tends to sound more standard than it plays. In fact, several factors, aside from that acting, keep it involving and well above the norm.
—Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times
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Beautifully acted and exquisitely told... [6 December 2010, p.43]
—Alynda Wheat People
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...what we have here is a superior historical drama and a powerful personal one.
—Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times
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...a well-wrought, enjoyably amusing inspirational drama that successfully humanizes, even as it pokes fun at, the House of Windsor.
—J. Hoberman Village Voice
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...one of the very best movies of the year.
—Peter Travers Rolling Stone
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...a stately, carefully crafted specimen of a satisfying formula movie well positioned for the awards attention being heaped upon it...
—Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly
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The King's Speech is admirably free of easy answers and simple, happy endings; it's a skewed, awards-ready version of history, but one polished to a fine, satisfying shine.
—Nathan Rabin Onion AV Club
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...a well-wrought, enjoyably amusing inspirational drama that successfully humanizes, even as it pokes fun at, the House of Windsor.
—J. Hoberman LA Weekly
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...a juicy, witty historical docudrama...
—Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune
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...a not particularly groundbreaking film...
—Chris Barsanti filmcritic.com
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Like many entertainments of this pop-historical type, The King's Speech wears history lightly no matter how heavy the crown.
—Manohla Dargis New York Times
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Straining to elevate its real-life footnote of a tale into a meaningful fable about a man, and nation, "finding their voice," the film manages to spit out merely high-minded sitcom uplift.
—Nick Schager Slant Magazine
Movie Blogs
Toronto Film Festival Report: The King's Speech with Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush
Posted on 2010-09-10 by reelzIt's not uncommon for Oscar buzz to begin at the Toronto Film Festival — such was the case for Slumdog Millionaire, Precious, Crash, and Hotel Rwanda. This year, one of the movies that's being mentioned as an awards contender is The King's Speech, which tells the story of England's King George VI (Colin Firth) and the speech therapist (Geoffrey Rush) who helped him overcome his impediment. As part of our coverage of the festival, ReelzChannel correspondent Matt Mauro sat down with both actors.
Golden Globes Nominations: Snubs and Snickers
Posted on 2010-12-14 by reelzNominations for the 68th Annual Golden Globes were announced this morning, with The King's Speech getting the most nods (7), followed by The Social Network (6) and The Fighter (6). See the complete list of movie nominations here.
As always, there were snubs — Not a single True Grit nom? No Danny Boyle (127 Hours) in the Best Director category? There were the surprises — Halle Berry's Best Actress nom for a performance most moviegoers have never heard of? The critically panned Burlesque for top comedy or musical? But then there were the surprises that also prompted audible scoffs.
When Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie were announced as contenders for best actor and best actress in a motion picture musical or comedy for The Tourist snorts of disbelief crackled over the airwaves.
Given that last week Vulture was rounding up the craziest review descriptions of Jolie's The Tourist performance, we have to wonder if the nominations were submitted before critic screenings.
2011 Golden Globes Movie Winners
Posted on 2011-01-16 by reelzTonight, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association hosted the 68th Annual Golden Globes. The big award winners were Glee and Boardwalk Empire on the television side; The Social Network, The Kids Are All Right, and The Fighter on the big screen. Robert De Niro received the Cecil B. DeMille Award.
Richard Roeper's Oscars 2011 Nominee Predictions
Posted on 2011-01-21 by reelzEarly next Tuesday morning — 5:30 AM ET on January 25 — the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the nominees for its 83rd annual awards. If you don't plan to be up at that time, we'll have a complete list posted shortly after the announcement on our site.
Who will make the Academy's cut. We bravely posted our predictions for the 10 Best Picture nominees back in November. Today, our Richard Roeper weighs in with his movie predictions, as well as those for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Director.
Oscars 2011: Best Picture
Posted on 2011-01-25 by reelzThe nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced this morning. Nominated for Best Picture are:
The Social Network
The King's Speech
Winter's Bone
Toy Story 3
Black Swan
The Kids are All Right
Inception
True Grit
127 Hours
The Fighter
How did we do in the Oscar predictions we made back in September 2010?
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