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The King And I
A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.
September 9, 1930 in Shanghai, China
10 September 1935, Los Angeles, California, USA
July 23, 1911 in Seattle, Washington, USA
March 28, 1949 in Hollywood, California, USA
February 4, 1925 in Philippines
14 January 1925, Los Angeles, California, USA
January 31, 1887 in Curragh, Ireland
October 25, 1895 in San Francisco, California, USA
October 23, 2004
Tuneful, mesmerizing (Brynner) R&H musical
February 10, 2012
Starring Yul Brynner in the part he seemed born to play, this is a fine if slightly stage-bound example of the 1950s Hollywood musical spectacular.
February 10, 2012
Typically overproduced.
January 29, 2009
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.
February 09, 2006
Over-long but visually spectacular.
February 27, 2007
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.
June 09, 2011
A beautiful film with a score I didn't much care for.
December 30, 2006
The popular pick for the best Rodgers and Hammerstein musical is probably The Sound of Music, but I'm throwing in for The King and I.
May 20, 2003
If you don't...see [The King and I], believe us, you'll be missing a grand and moving thing.
August 26, 2006
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.
December 18, 2010
A boisterous, big-costumed classic musical.
March 26, 2009
All the ingredients that made Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I a memorable stage experience have been faithfully transferred to the screen.
