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Very pleasant period piece. A series of speech therapy sessions is not an ideal premise for the silver screen, but they managed to turn it into a remarkable result. Colin Firth excels in the role of an uncertain stuttering king and his performance is undoubtedly Oscar-worthy, he feels very sincere and uncynical, unlike the rest of the film. The titular “king’s speech” at the end really got me. 9/10 (23.01.2011)

The Unbearable Lightness of Royal Being, or the first film that allowed me to understand the power and meaning of the monarchy. Tom Hooper may be accused of "academic coldness" by some sensitive folk, but in my opinion, he directs in an economical style that allows the actors' charisma to shine through, placing The King's Speech amongst the ranks of engagingly chatty films like Howard's Frost/Nixon or Fincher's The Social Network. (23.01.2011)

A cultured speech therapy drama about the power of the voice and the imaginary status of a king. A wonderfully blissful play of static semi-details, mannerist textures and refined interiors, against which the chaotic wallpaper of Dr. Logue proudly stands out, who understands that the king is king above all when his subjects believe him. And in the 1930s, they can trust his voice above all. It's all a typical Rocky template about an outsider who climbed to the top, even though no one believed in him. Even with its sensitively stylizing representation of history, it is the equivalent of the excellent drama Frost/Nixon. An acting concert, from Colin Firth's stressed-out creation to Helen Bonham Carter's light-legged ballet. Maybe over-modified, but I like it... more than a handsome, gelled Fincher mop of hair. (21.01.2011)

It can start subtly and escalate very gradually, but King's Speech deeply touched me and when it comes to admiration for acting performances, it literally surpassed them. And just like the main character is a timid speaker and a future famous ruler, the movie is on one hand a sweet little film and on the other a spectacle that almost everyone can love and celebrate. (07.02.2011)

The King’s Speech is distinguished by its wonderful camerawork and set designs (the walk through a foggy park with conical trees is an aesthetic orgasm), brilliant actors, handicapped main character (with a heartbreaking crying scene), a loving wife, and when things come to the worst, a sudden sense of urgency brought on by Hitler's coming to power. The film has the pure soul of Rain Man placed in noble English setting in the style of Merchant-Ivory productions, or another certain way to get an Oscar, though this time it is truly kind and sincere. But let’s not be sentimental – Tom Hooper “only” perfectly utilized everything he had been taught at film school and what he learned both in Hollywood and England, and he did not bring any unique artist’s imprint into his work or push filmmaking forward. That’s why during the Academy Awards, I kept my fingers crossed for the more special, bolder and progressive artists Fincher and Aronofsky. (08.03.2011)