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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.
Washington Square is said to compare favorably with last winter's revisionist Portrait of a Lady , since it "respects James' complexities and bitter ironies" (David Ansen, Newsweek ). Critics also praise its "brusque, energetic pace" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ) and Leigh's "heartbreakingly good" performance ( People ). The New Republic 's Stanley Kauffmann dissents, calling the film "ill at ease, uncomfortable, straining for effect."
Not surprisingly, Scalia is no big fan of stare decisis : In his dissents, he often calls upon the court to scour away layers of encrusted precedent in order to get at the original meaning of the underlying text.
Several critics say this transition is rough but ultimately forgive the film: "If this oddly structured film feels like two short stories stuck together, there is enough solid glue joining them that they resonate off one another deeply" (Stephen Holden, the New York Times ). Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly dissents, calling the film "an earnest, dogged, squarely rendered wisp of a movie."
In a sidebar , George Stephanopoulos dissents: The New York press will eat her alive, the Senate's a grind ("you won't fly on Air Force One or ride in escorted motorcades"), and she'd eventually make an even better presidential candidate.
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