Anna and the King (1999)

Name: Anna and the King
Director: Andy Tennant
Genre: Drama, Romance, History
Released: 1999
Duration: 148 min

ThumbScore

👍 87%Google users liked it ⓘ

Critics Score

🎬 54% (RT: 52%, MC: 56)

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Director

Andy Tennant

Runtime

2h 28m

Country

United States of America

Language

English

TMDB Rating

6.8/10 (816 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

52%

Metacritic

Cast

Jodie Foster as Anna · 72% avg

Chow Yun-Fat as King Mongkut · 75% avg

Bai Ling as Tuptim · 69% avg

Tom Felton as Louis · 74% avg

Syed Alwi as The Kralahome

Randall Duk Kim as General Alak

Lim Kay Siu as Prince Chowfa

Melissa Campbell as Princess Fa-Ying

Is Anna and the King good?

Yes. 87% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 54%, but audiences disagreed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre

#475 / 3335 · Drama

Rank in its year

#21 / 103 · 1999

Rank among its director's films

#1 / 9 · Andy Tennant

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860s. Anna teaches the children and becomes romanced by the King. She convinces him that a man can be loved by just one woman. Wikipedia ↗