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"Charming rogue, closer to Huck Finn than Satan," dissents Eleanor Clift.
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.
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.
Scott, the New York Times Book Review ). Ken Tucker dissents in the Baltimore Sun , calling the book "one of [McInerney's] most clever, funny, and moving ...
(Rehnquist is a supreme rationalist, and even his critics admired the analytical force of his dissents.)