The King and I
User Score
3.4 out of 10

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 3 out of 5

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  1. MichelleP.
    Mar 13, 2003
    0
    I remember when I was in 3rd grade and I saw this movie. Even then, when you excpected me to be the type of little girl who didn't care about much and loved this movie, I didn't like it. AT ALL. This is an animated disaster that WANTS to be a classic. It was...well WEIRD. It WANTS to be the old musical, but it did a poor job. None of the songs were the least bit catchy, it had unlikable characters, unlikable setting, and unlikable animation. If you asked me, this movie WANTED to be Anastasia, another animated movie which I thought was wonderfully done.… Expand

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Metascore
29 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 20 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 20
  3. Negative: 9 out of 20
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Michael O'Sullivan
    20
    Even the Richard Rich-directed animation -- except for some nice but gratuitous computer-generated walking statues and dramatic ocean waves -- is not appreciably better than Saturday morning cartoons.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    0
    It's a puzzlement how so many pros could have so wrecked one of the most beloved, hummably familiar movie musicals in the Rodgers and Hammerstein repertoire.
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  3. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: M. V. Moorhead
    40
    For adults, the film does, at least, offer up most of the lovely, schmaltzy Rodgers and Hammerstein score. Even here, though, the pleasure comes with a wearying price tag.
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