Poor George VI ( Colin Firth) who overwhelmed by a terrible stutter had to climb on the throne following the abdication of his brother Edward VII (Guy Pearce ) party romp with a married woman. Worse the growing influence of radio in the UK homes condemned to mumble a speech intended to boost the morale of the population at dawn World War II and the other side of the Channel, Hitler did not handle this kind of speech problems. But how? Her loving and devoted wife, Queen Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter ), then uses his power to find a speech therapist can make the speech intelligible to the man he is not the laughingstock of the British colonies. This man, Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush ), she will discover in the basement of a slum and his manners are deeply familiar to displease him, but he seems to be the one to find words that can be happen to those of her husband.
This true story has been put on screen by Tom Hooper , author of The Damned United noticed and already inspired by everything related to the crown by providing the primary role of Elizabeth I in a homonymous TV series. The first thing that surprises during the first minutes of the film The Speech of a King is the visual world of Hooper. Overly refined, the opposite of glamorous royal palaces, he displays a splendid outlook reminiscent Citizen Kane. The shots are amazing, sometimes completely contrary to what one might expect and visibly committed to honoring the cons-diving. It is obviously there to mark the subject's allegiance to his king, but its bid was more than that, it creates an identity that relieves some of the dramatic scenario. Moreover, the whole point of the story tends to rebalance the concept of devotion. Logue will constantly seek to place themselves on an equal footing with the king. According to him, stuttering has a psychological source from Bertie (that's how this comedian called king), it took root in childhood with bullying his brother and of course through the uncompromising face of her late father, King George V ( Michael Gambon). Therefore, it must install a climate of trust and equality with him to achieve as any good therapist to break the insidious chain of repression.
Nominated in many categories at the Oscars and Golden Globes including Best Film, The Speech of a king bears a smell a bit old Disney, the world of good feelings when courage must always prevail and friendship, love and patience be his devoted servants. A story that is good for the battered soul of men and reminds them in times of crisis, a good speech always paternalistic appease the wrath of a long murmur of admiration. Despite this aspect of the marshmallow staging that the climax of the film dubbed into the scene of the speech and the camera will sanctify Hooper national unity by capturing all classes of the population in unison with the voice range by transistors, the film offers players a wonderful forum for their talent. Colin Firth, already shining in A Single Man Tom Ford of , here portrays a king with a dual degree of depth. It has more affinity with the stuttering since it is the third film where he uses, resisting the lure of caricature, a hesitant diction. Half of the cast, straight out of an episode of Harry Potter excels in declaiming a text musically impeccable and tensioned as replicas of the vocal cords. Unfortunately everything is too smooth to soften a heavy old-fashioned political correctness, it lacks a good dose of irreverence to be a great movie. Colin Firth'm screaming insults the dictionary before each speech to relax, his irreverence will just smile.
Released in France: 02/02/2011
Released in Belgium: 23/02/2011
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