The King's Speech

The King’s Speech is a therapist movie, and such films rely on the skill and charisma of the actors playing the therapist and the patient.  This film has Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth, as fine a pair of performers as you’re going to find working on the big screen, and they acquit themselves with professionalism and class.

In fact, The King’s Speech reeks of professionalism and class.  It’s like Masterpiece Theater on a big-screen budget.  And that’s fine and all, but I couldn't help feeling that the movie had no soul.  The King’s Speech hits every mark and feels very slick, and it is what it is.  If nothing else, it’ll remind you why you think so highly of Rush and Firth.  That’s ok, but I think that I’ll barely remember this film ten years hence.