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Clifford (1994)

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Average Rating: 2.4/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 6

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Versatile Canadian comedian Martin Short plays a 10-year old boy in this comedy aimed at younger audiences. The tale is told in flashback to another little boy. Clifford is a manipulative brat. Clifford really wants to visit Dinosaur World in Los Angeles. Clifford wants to go so badly that he manages to force the Hawaii bound plane he and his parents are on to land in L.A. His parents need to attend a convention in Hawaii so they leave him with his Uncle Martin who despises children. Martin's

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Comedy, Kids & Family

Mar 2, 2004

MGM

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Critic Reviews for Clifford

All Critics (24) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (21) | DVD (1)

Orion serves up another long-on-the-shelf turkey with this gimmicky, poorly conceived comedy.

January 8, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety
Variety Staff
Variety
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Now let's have a show of hands: how many want to see Martin Short play a ten-year-old brat who makes everybody miserable and winds up staying with his uncle (Charles Grodin) in Los Angeles for a week?

January 8, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comments (2)
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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When Martin puts Clifford on a harrowing hyperspeed version of the Larry the Scary Rex ride, the special effects are impressive, but not worth waiting for.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times
Caryn James
New York Times
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Clifford is not bad on the acting, directing or even writing levels. It fails on a deeper level still, the level of the underlying conception. Something about the material itself is profoundly not funny. Irredeemably not funny.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Remember when Martin Short was funny?

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Witless slapstick with leering, obnoxious man-child.

March 28, 2013 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Renee Schonfeld
Common Sense Media

A weird movie that could have stood to be weirder still.

January 8, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
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A hellish, horrible experience wasting the talents of all involved.

July 29, 2007 | Comments (4)
Neil Cohen
Echo Magazine

One can't help but laugh at Short's nutty rendition of an unctous little 10-year-old devil, and Grodin's angry reactions are equally funny as his increasingly exasperated uncle.

March 3, 2006
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

One to cross off your CV Marty

May 6, 2005
Clint Morris
Moviehole

[The film] isn't nearly as bad as it's been made out to be.

June 27, 2004 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Worse than you can imagine.

February 11, 2004
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The DVD should come with a free bottle of aspirin.

July 26, 2002
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
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Audience Reviews for Clifford

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This is one of those family films that just don't work. The use of comedy here is so bad and painful; it made me hate Martin Short afterwards. This film failed as a comedy, it wasn't funny, and the acting and story were horrible. I hated this film as a kid, and I think it's one of the worst family films ever made. I thought that the story was so stupid, and the acting was over the top that it wasn't even fun to watch. Martin Short is horrible here, and honestly I don't get why he's viewed as a comedic genius, he's horrible. This film started out fun, but ended on such a mean spirited note that it ruined the film for me. In the end, the film is a pointless comedy that misses the mark of being memorable, fun and entertaining, because this is a film that ends being mean, because Clifford is just a selfish brat, and you end not caring whatsoever for the character. In fact all you want to do is hit the guy upside the head. This film is not worth your time, and if you're looking for something good you won't find it here. This film was bad, pointless and a total misfire from start to finish. This is just a mean spirited film that doesn't have any charm, and it falls flat. I've avoided other Martin Short films after seeing this, although I saw Mars Attacks because he was a fairly minor character. The guy really creeps me out, and with this film, he really made me feel creeped out. Simply a bad film, not worth your time.
July 5, 2012
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Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

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The screenplay is not the best, but Clifford have an odd and involving dark humor. Sometimes not so funny, but that call the attention. Fresh.
May 6, 2011
Lucas Martins
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Clifford Quotes

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    1. Martin Daniels: Do you like chocolate? Do you, like chocolate?
    – Submitted by jay k (4 months ago)
    1. Julien Daniels: Where did you get that Walkman, you stole it didn't you? Oh, God, is there no end to your madness?
    2. Clifford: No, a kindly old priest gave it to me, Da.
    – Submitted by Nicki B (5 months ago)
    1. Clifford: I hope you aren't lying, Uncle Martin; 'cause if you did I'd be so ANGRY, I don't know WHAT I'd do!
    – Submitted by Zach W (11 months ago)

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