Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.
- great britain
- world war ii
- marriage
- stutter
- monarchy
- palace
- radio
- radio transmission
- royal family
- biography
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Colin Firth
King George VI
Geoffrey Rush
Lionel Logue
Helena Bonham Carter
Queen Elizabeth
Guy Pearce
King Edward VIII
- Timothy Spall — Winston Churchill
- Michael Gambon — King George V
- Jennifer Ehle — Myrtle Logue
- Derek Jacobi — Archbishop Cosmo Lang
- Freya Wilson — Princess Elizabeth
- Ramona Marquez — Princess Margaret
- Richard Dixon — Private Secretary
- Robert Portal — Equerry
- Eve Best — Wallis Simpson
- Paul Trussell — Chauffeur
- Adrian Scarborough — BBC Radio Announcer
- Directed
- Tom Hooper
- Written
- David Seidler
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 9,493 ratings
- Studio
- The Weinstein Company, UK Film Council, Momentum Pictures, Aegis Film Fund, Molinare Investment, FilmNation Entertainment
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
