Anna and The King (1999) Critic Reviews

A big, handsome throwback to star-powered historical costume movies.Read the full review

Old-fashioned Hollywood filmmaking at its best .Read the full review

The problem with Anna and the King is that it's caught halfway between then and now--- the film tries to throw in notions of cultural relativism and big power imperialism, but can't do without corny shtick.Read the full review

Has the rambling pace of an episodic 1950s costume drama.Read the full review

It's a painstakingly correct update of what is, let's face it, one of the least culturally correct love stories ever to be mythologized by Hollywood.Read the full review

Before it runs off track--it does have some spectacular moments.Read the full review

The movie is something of a white elephant itself, a luxuriant, lumbering behemoth. It is pleasant, occasionally amusing - and often dull.Read the full review

Foster, I believe, sees right through this material and out the other side, and doesn't believe in a bit of it.Read the full review

Her (Foster's) performance is contained in a schmaltzy, ultra-elaborate, overly long production.Read the full review