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DVD: The King's Speech (2010)
- Total time: 2 hours, 20 mins.
- Director: Tom Hooper
- Actors: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter
- The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it.
- We forwarded the restricted parts, of course (offensive language). Otherwise, great story for all ages!
Colin Firth as George VI
Film Review from Catholic News Service:
Stirring historical drama, set between the world wars, about the unlikely but fruitful relationship between the Duke of York (Colin Firth) -- second in line to the British crown -- and the eccentric speech therapist (Geoffrey Rush) under whose care he reluctantly places himself at the instigation of his loyal wife (Helena Bonham Carter) to overcome the stammer that hobbles his public speaking.
Geoffrey Rush as his Speech Therapist & Friend
This task becomes all the more urgent as the death of the Duke's father (Michael Gambon) and the abdication of his brother (Guy Pearce) propel the unwilling heir toward the throne. Weaving together the story of one of the modern era's most successful royal marriages and the lesser-known tale of the friendship by which an unflappable commoner helped to heal the emotionally crippling childhood wounds underlying his princely client's impediment, director Tom Hooper creates a luminous tapestry reinforced by finely spun performances and marred only by the loose threads of some offensive language.
Two brief but intense outbursts of vulgarity, a couple of uses of profanity, a few crass terms and a mildly irreverent joke. A-III -- adults. (R) 2011
