{"id":11613,"date":"2011-02-03T14:34:11","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T22:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=11613"},"modified":"2011-02-03T22:27:55","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T06:27:55","slug":"the-kings-speech-tom-hooper-2010usaukaustralia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=11613","title":{"rendered":"The King’s Speech (Tom Hooper, 2010):USA,UK,Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by Brittany Christianson<\/a>. Viewed at the Santa Barbara Film Festival 2011.<\/p>\n

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The King’s Speech<\/em><\/a> is about overcoming the obstacles life throws at you.\u00a0 It is an immersive experience, almost like you are struggling with King George VI\u2019s speech impediment.<\/p>\n

After several attempts at speech therapy King George VI of Britain (Colin Firth), is nearly ready to give up hope.\u00a0 His wife, Queen Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Cater) sets out for one final attempt.\u00a0 She meets Lionel Louge (Geoffrey Rush), a well-known speech therapist.\u00a0 Although Lionel has no credentials and his practices are a bit unorthodox, King George VI, in desperation, agrees to meet with him.\u00a0 From the beginning the friendship was a bit rocky, but grew to become powerful.<\/p>\n

The movie portrays the actual historical events very well.\u00a0 The most memorable scene is when King George VI is instructed to read Hamlet\u2019s play, ” to be or not to be”.\u00a0 Wearing headphones to block out his own voice, he is finally able to speak without a stammer.\u00a0 Although he is not yet ready to take over England as King, he has taken a huge leap to being the King his father was.<\/p>\n

The writer of the movie David Seidler, also from a children movie The King and I, understands the feelings and the animosity that King George VI is feeling.\u00a0 Growing up David too had a stammer, after multiple attempts he also began to give up.\u00a0 He heard how King George VI, one of Britain’s most famous people had a stammer; David found much strength in this.\u00a0 Having gone through what the King had gone through gave David Seidler the idea of reenacting the historical moment, and turning it into a film.\u00a0 David Seidler nailed it, he wrote the film with passion and sincerity. So the challenge of movie writing began.\u00a0 With the help of Director Tom Hooper, also of The Damned United (2009), he took the screenplay and brought it to life with help of Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter.\u00a0 Although these roles are not traditional roles for the actors, they really brought the parts to life.\u00a0 The actors embody the characters so well, you nearly forget who they are as actors.<\/p>\n

The King’s Speech was nominated for 12 Academy Awards including best picture, and there is no wonder why. This movie also won the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival People’s Choice Awards.\u00a0 Collin Firth (King George VI) really leads the way with his character.<\/p>\n

The move grabs you from the beginning. Everyone encounters obstacles in life, whether they are speaking in front a class or speaking to the country of Britain.\u00a0 It matters how you deal with them, having the strength to over come them and feeling empowered.\u00a0 With the precise historical events, the admirable actors and the tough life struggles, this movie reaches the top of my favorite movies of 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by Brittany Christianson. Viewed at the Santa Barbara Film Festival 2011. The King’s Speech is about overcoming the obstacles life throws at you.\u00a0 It is an immersive experience, almost like you are struggling with King George VI\u2019s speech impediment. After several attempts at speech therapy King George VI of Britain (Colin Firth), is nearly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1313,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-films","category-santa-barbara-film-festival-2011"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1313"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}