Frisee with grilled pears and Roquefort cheese is surprisingly dull.

While the quality of the animation is above average, the film's visualization of the American West is surprisingly dull.

But those memories are a relatively short part of this book, which sets itself up to be serious and provocative yet turns out to be surprisingly dull.

Thai fried rice, noted on the menu as fiery, was surprisingly dull, despite the supposed presence of mint, lemongrass, basil, chili and long beans.

It was Hunter's first action in years, and it turned out to be surprisingly dull.

In the past the town hall played along with English-speaking mirth, opening a surprisingly dull museum to the contraceptive sheath.

Many main courses are surprisingly dull.

This exciting life makes a surprisingly dull book.

The scene that opened out was surprisingly dull.

Whole steamed bass with scallion and ginger is surprisingly dull, a real wallflower on an otherwise exciting menu.