1. Thankfully, most of the humor here works, but on the whole, the film falls to mediocrity.
2. The thrill of Hawthorne's astounding performance is not something you want to miss.
3. We emotionally invest in the king, who is not simply a big joke but a vulnerable and somehow loveable fool.
4. Hawthorne is by turn outrageous and pathetic and imperious and poignant and very funny.
5. Nigel Hawthorne garnered all the laurels for his Oscar-nominated performance, but don't overlook Rupert Everett's deliciously camp Regent-in-waiting.
6. The battle of wills between these two strong men [George and Willis] is the centerpiece of the movie, and hugely entertaining.
7. For those who, like myself, were disappointed in the play, the film contains pleasant surprises, all of them resulting from differences between the two arts.
8. Extremely tedious and pedantic.
9. [Hawthorne] turns what would surely be an unsympathetic role in lesser hands into something poetic -- and hysterical.
10. Somehow ... this frail figure [George] is an immensely likable -- and, at times, deeply moving -- character.

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Thanks largely to stellar all-around performances from a talented cast, The Madness of King George is a funny, entertaining, and immensely likable adaptation of the eponymous stage production.