Movie Review
The Talented Mr. Ripley
by Crissa-Jean Chappell
Anna and the King marks the fourth film version of Anna Leonowens' diaries, including an animated version of The King and I from a year ago. In this new version of a familiar tale, director Andy Tennant has enlivened the material with a fresh approach--as he did when he gave the Cinderella story a postfeminist, class-conscious spin in Ever After (1998).