The King's Speech.

The King's Speech, released on DVD today (9th May 2011), is known to be a major box office and critical success. On a budget of £8 million (roughly $15 million), the film was known to make $392 million internationally.

It is a brilliant British historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. Colin Firth plays King George VI who, to overcome his stammer so he can speak publically without letting down his family goes to see a man called, Lionel Logue, an Australian speech therapist played by the famous Geoffrey Rush. The two men work together and become great friends as Siedler researched George VI's life.

Nine weeks before the filming began Logue's notebooks were found and notes from the books were incorporated into the script to make it closer to the truth.

Even though the film looks to been more dramatic and a bit of a documentary about King George VI it does have a sense of humor throughout the film. One humorous scene is when Lionel gets King George VI to start swearing constantly, it works, but the way its written is brilliant. The film is very well shot and tells such an amazing story about England's inspirational King.

The film overall received 14 BAFTA nominations, the most of any film, winning half of them, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Colin, Best Supporting Actor for Geoffrey Rush, and Best Supporting Actress for Helena Bonham Carter. The film also won, Best Director for Tom Hooper, and Best Original Screenplay for David Seidler.

This is, in my opinion, the movie of the year.

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