"Your Majesty, I am speechless."The King's Speech is utterly superb. Director Tom Hooper follows The Damned United with this wonderfully-crafted period piece, which is lovingly composed and beautifully constructed on screen. Helena Bonham-Carter, Geoffrey Rush and especially Colin Firth are at the top of their game and give outstanding performances which deserve fully every award thrown at them. They are supported by a raft of significant supporting performances from the likes of Timothy Spall, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Gambon and Guy Pearce, and Alexandre Desplat's musical score is subtle and sublime. Perhaps most surprising is that The King's Speech has far more genuinely funny lines than the average Hollywood 'comedy', balanced by the incredible depth of heart generated by Firth's performance and the central relationships with his wife and with his speech therapist. The packed cinema audience applauded at the end of the film, a true measure of just how affecting it is to watch.
No comments:
Post a Comment