A film can be good without necessarily having to be well-directed. This, sadly, is the case of The King’s Speech, 2010’s Oscar darling. It’s a lovely, inspirational story with great performances from Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush, but the direction is merely competent. A great director should be able to elevate his material, but in this film it seems that the material manages to overcome some uninspired directing. It’s not bad by any means, but there were plenty of directors that year (some that didn’t even get nominated, I’m looking at you, Chris Nolan) that would have been far more appropriate winners.
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