Mein Liebling, der Tyrann (1997)

Mein Liebling, der Tyrann: Directed by Ken Kwapis. With Fran Drescher, Timothy Dalton, Ian McNeice, Patrick Malahide. A New York City cosmetologist, mistakenly thought to be a science teacher, is offered a job to teach the children of an Eastern European dictator.

“This is such an adorable movie. Fran Drescher absolutely blew me away, I had no idea she was so talented — in this movie she absolutely shines!! Her character u0026quot;Joy Milleru0026quot; is the Nanny all over again…but this time she has been hired (mistakenly) to teach the four children of a eastern-European dictator. She has amazing comic timing and plays well of off co-star Timothy Dalton, who is a wonderful President of Slovetzia, the tiny (made-up) country that most of the movie takes place in. He is at once a pompous and loveable character…his transformation from Beast to Man is a delight to watch. The plot is a mixture of u0026quot;The Sound of Music,u0026quot; u0026quot;The King and I,u0026quot; u0026quot;Beauty and the Beast,u0026quot; and a kind of twisted Cinderella…but it all meshes together for an endearing (though very predictable) movie. A change from Tim Daltonu0026#39;s usual dramatic/spy movie genre…who knew he could be so funny? But he is, and the movie is adorable and I would highly recommend this if your a fan of Fran Drescher, Tim Dalton or romantic comedies in general!!”