King George VI (Colin Firth) has a crippling stammer. Lionel Logue, an Australian speech therapist (Geoffrey Rush), tries to help him overcome it. The film studies their complex, evolving relationship against the ticking time bomb that is Britain's impending declaration of war on Germany in 1939. Helena Bonham Carter is subtle and witty as the king’s wife (later to be known as the Queen Mother). Guy Pearce is also strong as Edward VIII, who abdicated to marry divorcee Wallis Simpson.
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