Colin Firth as King George VI of Britain in the film The King´s Speech by Tom Hooper.
As all good movies The King´s Speech is more than the story it tells. And perhaps it tells a different story to different people, which makes it more interesting.
To me Colin Firth in the role of Prince Albert of York, later King George VI, painted an unforgettable picture of the family traumas and traditions. His stiff posture, watery eyes and uncontrollable stutter stay in memory as a picture of an unhappy child who could never fullfill his parents expectations. It made me ask what are our parenthood mistakes – can we ever became fully aware of them?
Luckily the King was forced to meet a person who could change his life: the Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), a ray of sunshine, who cleared King´s speech and mind and brought warmth and courage to his life.
There are so many brilliant actors in this film - for example Timothy ”taxi driver” Spall in the role of Winston Churchill. His performance makes it perfectly clear that the likeness to a real person comes from inside, not from just looking the same.
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