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By Naomi & Herb*
Rappahannock News Writers
• My Dog Skip: 95 minutes, PG-13, 1999. We loved it . This very nostalgic film stars Frankie Muniz (TVs "Malcolm in the Middle"), Kevin Bacon as the "stem and demanding" dad who lost his leg in the war, Diane Lane as Mom, and TV Frasier's "Moose" the dog as Skip. Set in 1942 Yazoo, Mississippi, it is based on writings of Willie Morris about his first dog, received on the occasion of his ninth birthday, (against the express wishes of his father).
Issues of war, racism and bullying are dealt with in wise and gentle fashion, and the morality lessons learned by the boy are universal. Skip changes the child's life, helps him obtain boy pals, a girlfriend, and teaches him responsibility and acceptance. Yazoo was still segregated, but when the boy makes friends with a black child, he observes that "Skip make friends with all other dogs, I guess dogs are smarter than people."
Good humor and lots of shenanigans with Skip make this a fhn, sweet, loving film that parents can watch with their children. Have a few hankies ready for the end, Herb advises!
• Anna and The King: 1999, 147 minutes, PG-13, starring Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat. This is yet another retelling of the real life adventures of Anna Leonowens during her tenure as tutor of the King of Siam's many children. It bears no resemblance to the dancing, flinging, Yul Brynner starring trifle, "The Kink and I".
It is a lush and thoughtful film, fully cognizant of the political unrest which existed in 1862 Siam (now Thailand). Anna is an educated and well traveled English widow with a young son who has never seen England, but is very British nonetheless. The King's eldest son (heir to the throne) is arrogant and lazy, but soon mends his ways under Anna's wise tutelage. Chow Hun-Fat is .fevery inch the King, regal in rbearing and manner. He and "Anna are models of restraint throughout the unforeseen events (political and personal) which occur around them. (Today's world could benefit from such restraint!)
The costumes, scenery and photography are outstanding
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