The King and I
Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: June 29, 1956 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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100
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
Every bit of the humor and vibrant humanity that flowed through the tender story of the English school-teacher and the quizzical king is richly preserved in the screen play that Ernest Lehman has prepared. Read full review
100
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Even without the music, this well-written story would be a splendid entertainment. But it's the music, that wonderful score written by Rodgers and Hammerstein, that makes this movie as beloved as it is. Read full review
100
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
All the ingredients that made Rodgers & Hammerstein's [1951] The King and I a memorable stage experience have been faithfully transferred to the screen. The result is a pictorially exquisite, musically exciting, and dramatically satisfying motion picture. Read full review
80
Washington PostTom Shales
Director Walter Lang does almost nothing to cinematize the show, but that's all right; King and I works fine as an act of theatrical preservation, and at some strange level the story, even with its abrupt ending, still has power. [27 Feb 1992, p.D7]
50
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
A typically overproduced 1956 Fox film of the Rodgers and Hammerstein hit, with Yul Brynner as the king and Deborah Kerr as the British schoolteacher who comes to Siam to educate Brynner's army of children. Too long at 133 minutes, but the score is swell. Read full review
50
Time OutGeoff Andrew
Poor songs (Hello Young Lovers, Getting to Know You), fair choreography, poor script, nice photography. Read full review
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