Buttoned-down British royal suffers speech impediment and hires unconventional Aussie quack to conquer his fear of public oratory. So it’s thanks to the best efforts of writer David Seidler, director Tom Hooper and, especially, leads Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush that ‘The King’s Speech’ isn’t just an enlightening period drama, but a very entertaining, heartfelt and surprisingly funny crowd-pleaser with a glint of Oscar gold in its eye.
Other new stuff in May
BIGGER THAN LIFE (Criterion)
WHO IS HARRY NILSSON?
HIDEAWAY
CANNESMAN
THE DILEMMA
DILLINGER IS DEAD
MACGRUBER
GENIUS WITHIN: Glenn Gould
KES
FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN
SOMEWHERE
BEHIND THE BURLY Q
BROADCAST NEWS
INSPECTOR BELLAMY
YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER
A WOMAN, A GUN, AND A NOODLE SHOP