Sentences with phrase «real dud»

While I didn't enjoy every aspect of Sandler's prior movies, Daddy was his first real dud; it showed a more puerile and less clever side of the comedian than left me cold.

Releasing lots more data about parliamentarians» activities will allow third - party organisations to come up with KPIs — making us all more aware of who are the real duds in the Commons.

I didn't get any real duds this time around, so I'll probably keep participating and crossing my fingers!

Much more engaging and less tonally punishing than Feed the Beast, but in no way as lively and clever as Kitchen Confidential... Sweetbitter is occasionally pleasant, but impossibly slight and stuck with a real dud of an over-teased central romance.

Its menu interface, however, is a real dud.

This alone you can forgive, but compound it with some truly ham - fisted attempts at CGI and a story that was almost literally taped together from vague scraps of narrative left lying around the set and you've got a real dud.

Sounds like a real dud despite the talents involved.

Arthur Christmas Rated PG for some mild rude humor Available on DVD, Blu - ray and Blu - ray 3D While last year threw us some real duds in the animated feature category, a couple of films popped up unexpectedly as real winners.

There are some great ones but also some real duds.

-LSB-...] biotech play, it's a real dud for VXGN shareholders (see our more detailed take on the terms of the VXGN / OXGN deal).

Priced at a discount to VXGN's net cash and liquidation values, and payment in the watered scrip of a speculative biotech play, it's a real dud for VXGN shareholders (see our more detailed take on the terms of the VXGN / OXGN deal).

With the exception of a couple of almost - warm days in April, wedged in between the endless early spring train of Siberia Express cold fronts we had, and two notably (and seasonably) hot days in May (along the lines of what we'd normally expect in late April), this Spring has been a real dud.

Before going in for the road test, Damian, the instructor, also gave me a hard practice session for the exam and I thought I would be a real dud if I failed the test still.