“The King’s Speech” is a dramatization of the relationship between two men. One is the King of England, a man of power who stammers and the other is his speech therapist. The film explores their sessions together and the effect it had on King Edward. Radio was the medium of the day and as the figure-head of England, Edward was responsible for addressing his country and needed to lift the spirits of a nation soon to be at war.

While the film was well directed and acted as is noted by the several Oscar’s and nominations it garnered, it was unfortunately laced with language that prevented it from receiving our recommendation for families. This is truly a shame since almost all of the offending language took place in a single scene. It has come to our attention that there may be an edited version of this film released on DVD. We can only hope and pray that this will be the case.