You can read from my first comment that it wasn't very positive. I'm still upset that the plot was changed so much. I read some of the other reviews, and I totally agree w/ most of them. Why make the most memorable songs have some stupid twist? Like in "Getting to Know You," they went outside, something NONE of the kids had ever done. During the song, they were able to go to village, have the ballet performed, go back to the castle, and walk through a rainstorm, for which they conveniently had umbrellas. Also, Chululongkorn seemed to be much older than what I expected. From my play, he was about 10 or 11. In this, the Prince seemed to be at least 18. I agree w/ Mr. Totten - Rogers and Hammerstein ARE turning over in their graves. While my younger friends from the show and I were laughing and having fun of finally being together again, we snarled and groaned at the changes. If the producers ever make another animation from R & H or another wonderful movie, I'm not going to see it. I think that the changes are way too wild and beyond reality to make it a well directed and performed cartoon. I agree that I give it a 1....no, a 2 because they at least kept in the most memorable songs.
Review of The King and I
