King and I

Pros: Brynner's amazing performance; Kerr; excellent music and choreography
Cons: May defy or confound expectations -- it's not your standard romantic musical!

I've always loved musicals, and Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote some of my favorite musicals for stage and screen. Given how much I enjoy their work, I'm surprised I had never seen The King and I in its entirety until just recently. What an odd but ...

Pros: the music, the marvelous king
Cons: the ending

After seeing Shall We Dance, I’ve had the film from which that title was drawn on the brain. The King and I is one of many glorious Rodgers and Hammerstein collaborations I have had the pleasure of seeing on stage since first seeing the ...

Pros: superb cinematography, costumes, musical productions, et cetera
Cons: It's old.

The 1950s were a high point for movie musicals - and this film shows it. Released in 1956, The King and I aspires to do one thing and one thing well: capture the magic of the Broadway musical - with its exotic costumes, sets, enmeshing of cultures, and ...

Pros: beautiful songs, excellent acting and story line
Cons: None

The first time I saw this movie I was about 12 years old. It left a lasting impression on me, one that I didn't even realize, until I was channel surfing last night and saw it was on. Fond memories of that first viewing popped into my mind, and my...

Pros: The music and costumes
Cons: rather stagey sets at times

Well I'm writing another musical opinion that I don't expect a lot of people to read as most these days are into Tom Cruise, Meg Ryan and the likes with lots of blood, gore, sex and violence. Me......I'll stick to the l950s musicals....pure escapism,...

Pros: Brilliant musical score, Brilliant performances, Brilliant everything
Cons: None

If you haven't seen this musical gem, you are definitely in for a treat. The King and I is, without a doubt, one of the best musicals of all time. It recounts the true story of Anna Leonowens (Deborah Kerr), a schoolteacher who has lost her husband and...

Pros: cast, costumes, sets, direction
Cons: score, characters

Margaret Landon's novel "Anna and the King of Siam" was successfully adapted to the screen in 1946. In 1951, it became a hit musical, featuring songs by Rogers and Hammerstein. Yul Brynner shaved his head for his role as the King (he would...

Pros: Yul Brynner, sets, costumes
Cons: rushed ending

I am not usually a fan of musicals, but I am a fan of Yul Brynner. The story is fairly good, but the ending is rushed and seems very anti-climatic because the warmth that was building and building is tied up way to quick. The songs are overall good, some...

Pros: Good acting and singing, Good story
Cons: Not for everyone

I like musicals although I don't watch them a whole lot. This is definitely a classic, and one that you should have in your library. Plot After the death of her husband, Anna Leonowens moves to Siam to teach the King's children. Her little boy ...