… Colin Firth plays King George VI who, to overcome his stammer, sees Lionel Logue, an Australian speech therapist played by Geoffrey Rush.

The two men become friends as they work together, and after his brother Edward VIII abdicates, the new King relies on Logue to help him make a radio broadcast on the day that Britain declared war on Germany, beginning of World War II. …

I finally saw the slightly controversial film.

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… a major box office and critical success. On a budget of £8 million, it earned over $400 million internationally. …

… The film was also nominated for 12 Academy Awards, the most of any film that year, and won four: Best Picture, Best Director (Hooper), Best Actor (Firth), and Best Original Screenplay (Seidler). …

Kudos to Colin Firth. He was excellent. An actor I’ve always criticized in the past as being a one trick pony, type cast as the opposite of Hugh Grant.

I’m sure you’ll agree that Geoffrey Rush was even better. Shame he didn’t win Best Supporting Actor.

I’m happy this film won for Best Picture as my bias is to see it go to an EPIC film. For example, The English Patient. By the same logic I’m still mortified that Shakespeare in Love won Best Picture. (Not EPIC)