King and I (1956)
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Reviews Counted:19
Fresh:19
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.2/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 30 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: Rogers and Hammerstein's Broadway musical, adapted from Margaret Landon's fact-based novel and the 1946 film ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM, makes a spectacularly successful move to the silver screen in... [More]
Starring: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson
Director: Walter Lang
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Reviews for King and I
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Walter Lang's screen version is too theatrical but the score by Rodgers and Hammerstein is glorious and the acting by Yul Brynner in his most iconic role and Deborah Kerr is superb, overcoming Marnie Nixon's colorless voice. Full Review |
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A chronicle of colonialism that poses itself as an easy-to-dismiss artifact, yet reveals itself to be an enduring statement about why people can't get along. Full Review |
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The King and I (1956) is the popular and elaborate musical and story of the tutoring of the stubborn, King of Siam's wives and children by widowed English school teacher Anna Leonowens in 1862. Full Review |
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Tuneful, mesmerizing (Brynner) R&H musical
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Classic performances, classic score, the best Rodgers & Hammerstein screen adaptation.
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Lovely filming of a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein show
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Sumptuously outfitted and well acted, if a little silly and a tad impolitic.
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This isn't Thailand, it's Hollywood's version of it on a sound stage, so the sets are at the same time more extravagant and more fake than they should be. Full Review |
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If you don't...see [The King and I], believe us, you'll be missing a grand and moving thing. Full Review |
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