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Alynda Wheat, People: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Beautifully acted and exquisitely told... A clever script and nimble performances from Firth and Rush make the film archly funny, with Bonham Carter a standout as a wry Queen Mum..." (Read the full review...) 178 words, 11/25/10 Christy Lemire, Associated Press: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...features a glittery cast and hits every note you expect it to hit.... so flawlessly appointed and impeccably acted, you can't help but succumb.... undeniably charming." (Read the full review...) 731 words, 11/25/10 Thelma Adams, Us Weekly: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...charming... Helena Bonham Carter sparkles... Firth's already the frontrunner for the best actor Oscar." (Read the full review...) 91 words, 11/25/10 Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: EXCELLENT (cg) "...a stately, carefully crafted specimen of a satisfying formula movie... an intelligent crowd-pleaser... truth to tell, a little square." (Read the full review...) 483 words, 11/26/10 Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a crowning achievement powered by a dream cast... The emotion this film produces is staggering.... Firth's nuanced brilliance is a thing of bruised beauty." (Read the full review...) 601 words, 11/12/10 Claudia Puig, USA Today: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Firth's performance communicates the psychic agony of a painfully shy man thrust into a highly public position and paralyzed by the idea that an empire hangs on his every word." (Read the full review...) 498 words, 11/26/10 Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a superior historical drama and a powerful personal one.... Note: The R rating refers to Logue's use of vulgarity. It is utterly inexplicable. This is an excellent film for teenagers." (Read the full review...) 938 words, 12/16/10 James Berardinelli, Reel Views: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...solid drama with a rousing climax - a fully satisfying and uplifting period piece that achieves its dramatic potential without sacrificing historical accuracy." (Read the full review...) 1,114 words, 12/18/10
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...comes with heaping spoonfuls of sugar.... generally diverting... [but] too ingratiating to resonate deeply." (Read the full review...) 1,001 words, 11/26/10 Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...doesn't shout about its many strengths. Rather, it urges you to lean in close, where its intelligence and heart come through loud and clear." (Read the full review...) 430 words, 11/26/10 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...as good as one-on-one acting gets.... a monumental test of wills between an imperturbable layman and a king who insists with royal certitude..." (Read the full review...) 957 words, 11/26/10 Lou Lumenick, New York Post: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Acting simply doesn't get much better... the rare work of art that's also an immense crowdpleaser." (Read the full review...) 601 words, 11/26/10 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a couple of marvelous performances can elevate solid, well-carpentered material and make it something special... 'The King's Speech' transcends the ordinary, even the ordinary within its own framework." (Read the full review...) 537 words, 12/17/10 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: VERY GOOD (cg) "Firth is terrific... compelling and briskly entertaining..." (Read the full review...) 516 words, 12/24/10 David Edelstein, New York Magazine: VERY GOOD "...a prizewinning combination, terribly English and totally Hollywood, and Firth is, once more, uncanny... trivializes history for the sake of bogus scenarios of self-realization.... a sleight-of-hand that wins Oscars." (Read the full review...) 715 words, 11/22/10 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a superior historical drama and a powerful personal one.... Note: The R rating refers to Logue's use of vulgarity. It is utterly inexplicable. This is an excellent film for teenagers." (Read the full review...) 938 words, 12/16/10 J. Hoberman, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD "...a well-wrought, enjoyably amusing inspirational drama that successfully humanizes, even as it pokes fun at, the House of Windsor." (Read the full review...) 601 words, 11/24/10 Peter Howell, Toronto Star: OUTSTANDING (cg) "The natural joke of pomposity punctured by a pauper fuels the humour of David Seidler's lively screenplay, but Firth and Rush make it much more than just a clown act." (Read the full review...) 762 words, 12/10/10 Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...superbly performed and guaranteed to please even discriminating crowds." (Read the full review...) 823 words, 12/10/10 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT (cg) "...inventive staging and surprising visual choices goose the straightforward material... bringing out the best in Firth, Rush and co-star Helena Bonham Carter.... a fine little picture all around." (Read the full review...) 154 words, 12/09/10
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...an absorbing, attractive, unfailingly tasteful enterprise that a critic can recommend without caveat..." (Read the full review...) 745 words, 12/17/10 Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...its essential appeal is as the story of the sympathetic teacher who makes all the difference to the man who fights his disability with the same resolve he brings to fighting Hitler." (Read the full review...) 623 words, 12/17/10 Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle/San Francisco Chronicle: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Firth pulls off a daunting technical feat... Rush exudes the spry theatricality and constant alertness of a fellow who's always up to something, even when he's not." (Read the full review...) 596 words, 12/22/10 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...engrossing and moving... absurdly R-rated (one scene of comical, over-the-top profanity)..." (Read the full review...) 672 words, 12/24/10 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a dazzling example of that shopworn form [the buddy comedy]. Put aside the finery, eloquent dialogue and sublime acting, and you have a marvelous odd couple farce..." (Read the full review...) 856 words, 12/24/10 Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a terrific movie with two fantastic performances at its heart.... because it actually does what it sets out to do - namely, please the crowd - it's difficult to find fault..." (Read the full review...) 622 words, 12/17/10 Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...has a great deal of fun exploring and then rupturing this mystique.... doesn't need to overplay its hand - especially not with a king waiting in the hole." (Read the full review...) 535 words, 12/17/10 Ty Burr, Boston Globe: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...exactly the kind of movie we've had enough of -- complacent middlebrow tosh engineered for maximum awards bling and catering to a nostalgia for the royalty we've never actually had to live with." (Read the full review...) 868 words, 12/17/10 Clint O'Connor, Cleveland Plain-Dealer: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Rich characters fully drawn. Sterling performances. Superb writing, production design, no wasted scenes. Director Tom Hooper has made a breathtaking masterpiece." (Read the full review...) 469 words, 12/24/10 Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...old-fashioned filmmaking at its best: a good story, elegantly told, and a joy to watch." (Read the full review...) 451 words, 12/24/10 Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Polished, smart, engrossing and human... a superb entertainment that rouses the heart and the head and turns a mossy tale of royal crisis into a vital drama." (Read the full review...) 894 words, 12/24/10 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...the epitome of prestige cinema, an impeccably crafted and emotionally compelling drama that deserves the many laurels it surely will receive." (Read the full review...) 349 words, 12/24/10 Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: OUTSTANDING (cg) "My mind stammers like the hero of 'The King's Speech,' trying to form words that convey what my heart needs to say about this breathtaking film." (Read the full review...) 592 words, 12/23/10 Tom Long, Detroit News: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...the best film of 2010, simple as that.... Classic, rousing entertainment loaded with both humor and poignancy... hits all the right notes on the way to its triumphant finale." (Read the full review...) 577 words, 12/24/10 Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...not merely a spot-on period piece; it's also a heartfelt study in the shadings of courage, a film about duty and friendship that's often warmly funny and sometimes painful to watch." (Read the full review...) 733 words, 12/24/10
J. Hoberman, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD "...a well-wrought, enjoyably amusing inspirational drama that successfully humanizes, even as it pokes fun at, the House of Windsor." (Read the full review...) 601 words, 11/24/10 Katey Rich, Cinema Blend: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...deeply moving and often funny... a treat from beginning to end." (Read the full review...) 772 words, 11/29/10 Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: MODERATE (cg) "...a precious bid for kneejerk Oscars." (Read the full review...) 167 words, 12/16/10 Tasha Robinson, AV Club: EXCELLENT (cg) "...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." (Read the full review...) 442 words, 11/26/10 Nick Schager, Slant: MODERATE (cg) "...something of a triumph considering that, from its fundamental narrative building blocks on up to its particular one-liners, it remains a decorous bit of middlebrow mush..." (Read the full review...) 687 words, 11/19/10 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT (cg) "...inventive staging and surprising visual choices goose the straightforward material... bringing out the best in Firth, Rush and co-star Helena Bonham Carter.... a fine little picture all around." (Read the full review...) 154 words, 12/09/10 Curt Holman, Atlanta Creative Loafing: EXCELLENT (cg) "...a rousingly entertaining account of one man's self-actualization once he talks about his feelings. They could've called it 'Good King Hunting.' " (Read the full review...) 428 words, 12/22/10 MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Firth gives one of the great performances not just of this year but in cinema history." (Read the full review...) 1,082 words, 02/27/11
Bob Mondello, NPR All Things Considered: EXCELLENT "...a high-toned, elegantly upholstered buddy flick.... smart, lush and a lot more amusing than you'd expect." (Listen to the full review...) 174 seconds, 11/29/10 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: OUTSTANDING "...one of the most pleasurable movies to come along in years... positively swarms with fine supporting performances... simply sublime." (Read the full review...) 944 words, 11/26/10 Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...comes with heaping spoonfuls of sugar.... generally diverting... [but] too ingratiating to resonate deeply." (Read the full review...) 1,001 words, 11/26/10 Anthony Lane, New Yorker: VERY GOOD "...one of those comedies of threatless reassurance at which the British still excel.... Firth and Rush join forces to delve into a saga of genuine pain and camouflaged wrath..." (Read the full review...) 1,317 words, 11/22/10 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...as good as one-on-one acting gets.... a monumental test of wills between an imperturbable layman and a king who insists with royal certitude..." (Read the full review...) 957 words, 11/26/10 Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: VERY GOOD "...takes an intriguing sideways glance at a crucial period in 20th-century history. Its star performance, and probably the best reason to see it, comes from Colin Firth..." (Read the full review...) 1,003 words, 11/23/10
Peter Debruge, Daily Variety: OUTSTANDING "A stirring, handsomely mounted tale of unlikely friendship... rather boldly dares to humanize a figure traditionally held at arm's length from the public and treated with divine respect..." (Read the full review...) 1,046 words, 09/04/10 Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: EXCELLENT "A riveting, intimate account at how a British king triumphed over a speech impediment with the help of an unorthodox speech coach.... measures out comedy and drama in nearly even doses." (Read the full review...) 655 words, 09/04/10 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...as good as one-on-one acting gets.... a monumental test of wills between an imperturbable layman and a king who insists with royal certitude..." (Read the full review...) 957 words, 11/26/10 Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...vastly entertaining... a serious drama and a crowd-pleasing fare.... offering emotionally stirring moments and accessible historical background in equal measure..." (Read the full review...) 589 words, 09/19/10 Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...comes with heaping spoonfuls of sugar.... generally diverting... [but] too ingratiating to resonate deeply." (Read the full review...) 1,001 words, 11/26/10 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: OUTSTANDING "...one of the most pleasurable movies to come along in years... positively swarms with fine supporting performances... simply sublime." (Read the full review...) 944 words, 11/26/10
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