The King's Speech Reviews
The Patriot Ledger
Tom Hooper delves beneath the pomp and circumstance to root out the essence of his characters, while also making them immensely relatable.
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| Original Score: A
Canada.com
It is a wonderful entertainment, a fascinating history lesson and a showcase for several delightful performances.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Us Weekly
A charming, personal period drama.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Tampa Bay Times
See it, then say it for yourself: The King's Speech is the best movie of 2010.
Time Out Chicago
With a backdrop this large, The King's Speech can't help but seem monosyllabic.
Oregonian
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.
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| Original Score: A
Paste Magazine
The relationship between a commoner teacher and regal student provides for enough drama, and the obstacle overcome is both inspiring and unique.
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| Original Score: 8.6/10
Top CriticA 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.
In The King's Speech, Colin Firth once again reminds us of what a great actor he is.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Classic, rousing entertainment loaded with both humor and poignancy.
Charlotte Observer
Polished, thoughtful and touching.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
The King's Speech is the rare work of art that's also an immense crowdpleaser.
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| Original Score: 4/4
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Inspiring, funny, touching, and delivered with craftsmanship and artistry.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Austin American-Statesman
It's refreshing to see a historical drama avoid grand gestures and sweeping melodrama in favor of smaller more intimate stories.
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| Original Score: A-
AV Club
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.
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| Original Score: B+
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
A feel-good movie with a hearty dose of history and a hint of edge, a most-deserving Oscar winner
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| Original Score: 4/4
ScreenRant
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.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
TheShiznit.co.uk
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.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Examiner.com
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.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Birmingham Mail
( ... ) a British film where the swearing isn't a bolted-on means of trying to appeal to the cloth-eared.
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| Original Score: 5/5
