as in silly
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment
dotty relatives that we have to endure only on Thanksgiving
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To play Sam’s dotty grandparents in Sixteen Candles, Hughes tapped a quartet of veteran character actors.
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John Russell, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
Clever dialogue and a feast of visual gags make this dotty comedy a sure-fire Halloween winner.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2023
Zoe and her dotty, irrepressible mother, Cath (Emma Thompson), are also on board for the festivities, which will be the centerpiece of Zoe’s documentary.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
The plots revolve around the cultural friction between the women and the roster of dotty customers who parade through the place.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
Peter’s aunt and the IRL empress in historical Russia, here a delightfully dotty non-empress with weird fertility advice!) brings Catherine a frog to sit on her stomach to help with the pregnancy.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2021
Anyone who was indignant on behalf of Close was immediately disarmed by Colman’s charmingly dotty acceptance speech.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2021
This year's Kusama bonanza of shows is taking place in a very different world, where exhibition crowds and confined interactive installations are no longer so appealing: will audiences still go dotty for Kusama in 2021?
—Gabriella Angeleti, CNN, 15 Apr. 2021
Dianne Wiest is Jennifer Peterson, a rich and supposedly dotty old dame who strikes Marla as an easy mark.
—Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 18 Feb. 2021
John Russell, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
Clever dialogue and a feast of visual gags make this dotty comedy a sure-fire Halloween winner.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2023
Zoe and her dotty, irrepressible mother, Cath (Emma Thompson), are also on board for the festivities, which will be the centerpiece of Zoe’s documentary.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
The plots revolve around the cultural friction between the women and the roster of dotty customers who parade through the place.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
Peter’s aunt and the IRL empress in historical Russia, here a delightfully dotty non-empress with weird fertility advice!) brings Catherine a frog to sit on her stomach to help with the pregnancy.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2021
Anyone who was indignant on behalf of Close was immediately disarmed by Colman’s charmingly dotty acceptance speech.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2021
This year's Kusama bonanza of shows is taking place in a very different world, where exhibition crowds and confined interactive installations are no longer so appealing: will audiences still go dotty for Kusama in 2021?
—Gabriella Angeleti, CNN, 15 Apr. 2021
Dianne Wiest is Jennifer Peterson, a rich and supposedly dotty old dame who strikes Marla as an easy mark.
—Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 18 Feb. 2021
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