pulling the feels…
pulling the feels…
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MEANINGFUL
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Read from 52 comments (49 from Metacritic, 3 from TMDB reviews) — 12 of them described how it moves.
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“kept me in its snare from almost the first moment”
drqshadow · Metacritic ↗
“After watching poor Albert stumble in dedicating a supermarket during the first act”
drqshadow · Metacritic ↗
“I was ready to jump up and cheer when he finally put that demon to rest in the climactic radio address”
drqshadow · Metacritic ↗
“The final sequence of the speech is smashing.”
alejandro970 · Metacritic ↗
“the opening shots were complex in that we don't know if Albert is a king yet or not and we don't know why he's having so much trouble speaking, but it is all soon realized”
hanneguacamole · Metacritic ↗
“Albert's first speech is painful to listen to. It shows the beginning of the real struggles that will be later portrayed and the deep emotional context.”
hanneguacamole · Metacritic ↗
Read 24 Aug 2026 · confidence 100% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
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“Let's say it without equivocation: Colin Firth deserves an Oscar for his lead role in The King's Speech as the stammering King George VI.”
Claudia Puig, USA Today · 100
“It's the relationship between the two men that makes the film work: Geoffrey Rush's teacher cracking the quip, and Colin Firth so persuasive as the panicky king that by the time he gets to his crucial speech about going to war, you'll be panicking right along with him.”
Bob Mondello, NPR · 100
“The King's Speech is a warm, wise film - the best period movie of the year and one of the year's best movies.”
Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle · 100
“No screen portrait of a king has ever been more stirring-heartbreaking at first, then stirring. That's partly due to the screenplay, which contains two of the best-written roles in recent memory, and to Mr. Hooper's superb direction.”
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal · 100
“The King's Speech is a magnificent movie treat, one of the very best pictures of the year.”
Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine · 100
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 24 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
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“kept me in its snare from almost the first moment”
drqshadowabout 0–15% inread it ↗
“After watching poor Albert stumble in dedicating a supermarket during the first act”
drqshadowabout 0–33% inread it ↗
“I was ready to jump up and cheer when he finally put that demon to rest in the climactic radio address”
drqshadowabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“The final sequence of the speech is smashing.”
alejandro970about 85–100% inread it ↗
“Round movie: good story, great cast, impressive stage and fantastic performances. It has it all.”
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