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Critics bemoan the absence of songs in this latest film depiction of the romance between British widow Anna Leonowens and King Mongkut of Siam, familiar to most viewers through the musical The King and I . Critics contend that leads Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat have weak chemistry and that the film is "a luxuriant, lumbering behemoth … pleasant, occasionally amusing--and often dull" (Andy Seiler, USA Today ). Roger Ebert gives a surprisingly harsh review: "It is an exotic escapist entertainment for matinee ladies, who can fantasize about sex with that intriguing bald monster and indulge their harem fantasies" (the Chicago Sun-Times ). Jay Carr of the Boston Globe dissents from the pack, calling the film "a lot more than The King and I minus Rodgers's and Hammerstein's music.
The film also wins points from politically sympathetic reviewers who bemoan "how few American films have dealt even as remotely as well with ...
Alan Jay Lerner used to bemoan the fact that writers like Paul Simon never went into the theater.
Those who bemoan the decline of radio drama should listen to all the screeching tires and gunfire, and marvel.
The Italians reserve their scorn for each other — Venetians and Romans or Milanese and Neapolitans comically bemoan the new EU-imposed automobile license plates that no longer designate the driver’s origin.