The King's Speech Reviews

It is a wonderful entertainment, a fascinating history lesson and a showcase for several delightful performances.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

A polite, occasionally rousing, and more often than not, boring affair.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

A charming, personal period drama.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

See it, then say it for yourself: The King's Speech is the best movie of 2010.

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With a backdrop this large, The King's Speech can't help but seem monosyllabic.

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It's a fine, absorbing work, built with brilliance and without excessive showiness or flash. It feels, in fact, like a classic virtually upon its arrival.

Full Review | Original Score: A

The relationship between a commoner teacher and regal student provides for enough drama, and the obstacle overcome is both inspiring and unique.

Full Review | Original Score: 8.6/10

A powerful back story does not necessarily improve a movie, but The King's Speech has a pretty irresistible one. It might even end with a dramatic night at the Oscars in February.

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In The King's Speech, Colin Firth once again reminds us of what a great actor he is.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

Classic, rousing entertainment loaded with both humor and poignancy.

Polished, thoughtful and touching.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

The King's Speech is the rare work of art that's also an immense crowdpleaser.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

Too ingratiating to resonate deeply.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

Inspiring, funny, touching, and delivered with craftsmanship and artistry.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

It's refreshing to see a historical drama avoid grand gestures and sweeping melodrama in favor of smaller more intimate stories.

Full Review | Original Score: A-

The King's Speech is admirably free of easy answers and simple, happy endings; it's a skewed, awards-ready version of history, but one polished to a fine, satisfying shine.

Full Review | Original Score: B+

A feel-good movie with a hearty dose of history and a hint of edge, a most-deserving Oscar winner

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

Despite the obvious movie structure that gets forced onto historical events, The King's Speech is a terrific film with great performances and an inspiring story.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5

It's not quite the world-beating effort the British film press might have you thinking it is, but it's a perfectly functional, frequently enjoyable biopic that knows the right buttons to push and has all the right people pushing them.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

It's a wonderfully delightful film filled with great performances, particularly from Firth and Rush. This is one of the best films of the year and should not be missed.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4