This is one of my favorite movies of the year and I believe will win at least one Oscar for Colin Firth, but gets my vote for best picture and supporting actor for Geoffrey Rush. To take a very austere subject and present it in such a compelling way is masterful.

It is amazing to leave the theatre and realize that you became caught up in the story and bodily tense waiting for the climatic scene as if you were watching the latest over-the-top action movie. Public speaking can be terrifying and we all identify with this part in a very visceral way. Add to it the psychological thorns that crush any desire one might have to trade places with a member of the royal family and you have a genuine hero tale from a very atypical perspective.

This is also the first movie ever that my wife says the language is completely appropriate (and she believes Rhet Butler’s should have chosen his words more wisely).

Go see this film.