Dorathen
Better Late Then Never
Myron Clemons
A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
Rosie Searle
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Kristina Dazo
Despite that this storyline is against the history origin and a slight different remake version of both musical and live-action 1956 film adaptations until this animated remake film received lots of bad reviews, as a critic, I just felt like praising this film's animation whether it is Disney-like or not. So if you are into animation and drawing body proportions and movements, at least this movie is enjoyable and I love this happy ending where nobody died and they turn this animated adaptation into a fairy tale with that kind of happy endings where Tuptim and the Prince lived happily ever after and got married and the King lived instead of dying of illness.I love the reflection and animation effects and as well as the 3D-like hot air balloon which I thought it looks cel-shaded computer-like animation since it moves smoothly like it was 3D computer animated and looking cel-shaded.I love all of the background settings details and they look very well rendered.If you don't like this movie, don't unless if you are into happy endings and into animation and stuff.
TheBlueHairedLawyer
This movie is certainly too sinister for kids, I remember it scaring me when I was about six years old. It has vines that turn into snakes, a scene with a sea dragon trying to tip a boat and eat the passengers, a verbally abusive king and inaccurate history. One scene in particular features a young man falling in love with a servant girl. The man's father orders the girl to be whipped to death in front of everyone. The King and I definitely isn't a family-friendly animated movie at all.It's too stupid for any adults unfortunate enough to have to watch it. Full of cultural and racial stereotypes, disgustingly cute and unrealistic animals, lame singing and an array of unlikable characters, this is one movie you won't want to sit through with your kids, believe me. Anna is supposed to be a logical, brave schoolteacher from America (or England, Canada? I can't remember), but she ends up coming across as this annoyingly assertive dope. Her son is just a wimpy little dork dressed in weird stretch pants , sailor hat and blazer. The king, who doesn't seem to have a name, has exaggerated and bizarre anger issues. Master Little is a morbidly obsese, Buddha-esque guy with stereotypically slanted eyes and a weird voice. Most of the characters are flat, with no originality or personalities at all; they stick to their story roles but have no outside interests, nothing to make them memorable. Since the producers already tried turning the story into something out of a Disney movie or Scooby-Doo episode, they could at least try to make the characters interesting! My advice? Don't even bother with this, and don't subject your children to it. It's almost as bad as that stupid Ferngully movie and is probably one of the worst animated movies I've seen in some time.
MissSimonetta
I am embarrassed to admit this was one of my favorites as a kid. I mainly enjoyed it for the relationship between the King and Anna, and I always thought they were a great couple and should have married. Now watching it, the people who made this film should have just not bothered.This 1999 version of The King and I is abominable on almost every level. The animation is pretty good, but that's it. Several elements are borderline racist (some of this comes from the source material, but they added their own little doses of problematic elements too). There are downright stupid story choices (turning the villain into a goody wizard) and the way they watered down the dark elements of the story is truly silly. The less said about those awful animal sidekicks the better.It tries so hard to compete with the Disney films of the time without possessing any respect for the audience. A waste of time; do not inflict this on yourself or your children.
Angels_Review
This story is rather loosely based off of the book 'The King and I.' A woman comes to Siam to teach the kings children while someone who doesn't like the king tries to overthrow him. It's practically the normal idea of a kingdom trying to be overpowered and a king overthrown. There are some things though that just feels really stupid. For example, songs that are sung at the wrong times and the stupid evil sidekick who loses teeth. I never really liked the story of 'the king and I' because it was set with a lot of drama with a clash of cultures. I know it happens a lot and happened back then but they made it into a musical which is another reason I didn't like it. Now it being a cartoon helped me watch it for the rather fun comic affects.The animation is rather interesting, very similar to Asian style but with American cartoon flare. Sadly, the animation although fluid is a bit overboard on movement. Characters seem to move unnaturally most of the time, with flailing about and sometimes acting rather strangely for a human. It's funny to see the stupid sidekick with the belly that would move about but the rest of them were not supposed to be funny so I don't understand why everyone else had that same sort of style too. It just made the show feel awkward in that.The music is a little old fashioned and based on the live action movie with the same name. We have very stereotypical characters from way back when the book was made. It's not just the people who are Asian, it also goes for the old English characters. Just once I would like to see this done for our time frame where woman didn't wear hoop skirts and people were a little more educational (Just to let you know, I know they are smart but in a different manner. I am not racist.). The voices were alright though, fitting the characters well.Overall, I just didn't care for this movie much. While it is a fun show, it's not for everyone and felt bland to me.
