By setting the British royal family, one would think would be boring with all the formalities, customs, manners, and a myriad of regulations that exist in it. But the character who made a screenwriter (David Seidler) actually very simple. This is supported by visualization of the director (Tom Hooper), until all the original characters become boring very easily digested and enjoyed. Even in this movie viewers will menemuan that the royal family is also not much different from ordinary people's lives, complete with all of your personal life, friendship, and the intrigues that are always complementary in the life of royalty.
The film opens with a scene in 1925, in a major event that took place at Wembley stadium. At that time the Prince Albert (Colin Firth), will deliver his first speech in front of tens of thousands of people who had gathered and waited in the stadium. Not only that, the speech will also be broadcast live on radio around the world. Indirectly, the speech will be heard by millions of people. But the speeches that are expected to anesthetize the millions of people did not go as expected.
This is because Prince Albert was having difficulty speaking, lack of which he suffered since childhood. All sorts of ways and efforts have been made. All physician experts already imported. But it does not bring satisfactory results. Even this makes Bertie, Prince Albert familiar greeting in the palace, desperate. Fortunately he has a wife Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter) who is always trying to heal the tireless suffering husband.
Albert at first, including a call Lionel Albert with Bertie, a name which may only be used by the family. Slowly, after a meeting between the prince's meeting with the therapist turned into a meeting between friends, Albert and Lionel had become friends. Together with the long process of healing Albert and developments within the palace itself, particularly the death of his father, King George V (Michael Gambon) and also the intrigue that surrounds the heir to the throne, King Edward VIII (Guy Pearce), who is none other than Albert's brother. The friendship between Albert and Lionel also will have ups and downs, a small commotion until Lionel was accused of inciting will adorn many years a unique friendship that exists between people who will lead England as King with a regular who is not of royal or aristocratic environment. But their friendship is more precious than a crown and hearts will surely knock anyone who watched it.
The greatness of this film is how each character played by each actor went perfect. Each actor understands the role and run it well, so interwoven a good chemistry too. Moreover, supported by background music from Beethoven that floated accompany scenes in every action.
Now, let's just watch this amazing movie ....
