The King's Speech - Reviews

...a superior historical drama and a powerful personal one.

...it’s a skewed, awards-ready version of history, but one polished to a fine, satisfying shine.

...proves there's fizzing life in old-school British period dramas – it's acted and directed with such sweep, verve, darting lightness.

Think the blazing joys of Chariots Of Fire where the race is to the end of a sentence. Can it be that the British are coming?

...it’s a skewed, awards-ready version of history, but one polished to a fine, satisfying shine.

...a knowing, sincere, and beautifully shot film that, unlike Frears' Queen, takes on the meatiest slabs of dark history and renders these curtsy-courting Balmoralians as something other than figureheads.

Think the blazing joys of Chariots Of Fire where the race is to the end of a sentence. Can it be that the British are coming?

...a superior historical drama and a powerful personal one.

...proves there's fizzing life in old-school British period dramas – it's acted and directed with such sweep, verve, darting lightness.

Not just one of the most entertaining British films in years, but one of the most intriguing, too.

Nydelig i sit udtryk, begavet i sin konstruktion og rørende takket være fremragende skuespillerkunst.

...ett finstämt drama...