But the Associated Press praised the movie, saying it would leave "a big, silly grin on your face".

BBC: Martine McCutcheon found fame in EastEnders

Most big firms paid silly prices for companies using sillier levels of debt.

ECONOMIST: The hollow bullishness of buy-out firms�� bosses

Nothing travels faster than when a big company does something silly or inappropriate.

FORBES: Brand Blunders

The more that TV pundits reduce serious debates to silly arguments, big issues into sound bites, our citizens turn away.

WHITEHOUSE: The 2010 State of the Union Address

Sam Riley, as Sal Paradise, the Kerouac figure, is almost as darkly handsome as Kerouac was, and the slender Tom Sturridge, with his big glasses, is charmingly silly as a sex-and-poetry-addled version of the young Allen Ginsberg.

NEWYORKER: On the Road

"Personally I find it a bit silly to have such a big boat and drive it into the harbor, " says Bassani, whose past yachts have been designed for maximum curb appeal.

FORBES: Magazine Article

So is it silly to buy a snow plow stock just because a big storm is coming?

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It all might seem a bit silly except for the fact that many of today's big Web trends have appeared first at past ETechs.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Former head of Scotland Yard Sir Ian Blair has urged people not to vote, arguing the new police areas will be too big for any individual to represent properly - a remark Justice Secretary Chris Grayling dismissed as "a very silly thing to say".

BBC: Police officers