Clifford

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Clifford

PG

1994

1h 29m

Kids & Family

Comedy

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When his brother asks him to look after his young son, Clifford (Martin Short), Martin Daniels (Charles Grodin) agrees, taking the boy into his home and introducing him to his future wife, Sarah (Mary Steenburgen). Clifford is fixated on the idea of visiting a famed theme park, and Martin, an engineer who helped build the park, makes plans to take him. But, when Clifford reveals himself to be a first-rate brat, his uncle goes bonkers, and a loony intergenerational standoff ensues.

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Critics Consensus

Ill-conceived and desperately unfunny, Clifford stars Martin Short as a 10-year-old boy. You read that correctly. That's the joke.

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Gene Siskel

Chicago Tribune

12/28/2018

1/4

The kid is obnoxious from start to finish, and the way he fantasizes about his uncle's girlfriend (Mary Steenburgen) is tasteless.

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Peter Rainer

Los Angeles Times

12/28/2018

Clifford, starring Martin Short as a precociously nasty 10-year-old, is not a good movie. It's not even good/bad. But Short has a few of those laugh-out-loud moments.

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Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

12/28/2018

Clifford never quite finds its tone. The course of the plot has an inevitability about it that is about as wearying as it is reassuring... And yet Clifford is intermittently hilarious, mainly thanks to Short's performance.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

06/12/2025

4/10

There are definitely merits to Clifford, but they are honestly few and far between, and the majority of the film is not terrible so much as just blandly ordinary.

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Andrew Galdi

Movie Bitches

04/24/2024

Its not worthless but it is surely weird, with 15% more direction you could really have something here

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Avaryl Halley

Movie Bitches

04/24/2024

This movie almost could have been great, the bones of a cult classic are there but I still love it.

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Candy

11/24/2021

Loved it! very cute and funny

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Jack J

@bsmeczek Jun 7

I watched this wholly expecting it to be much worse, but it wasn't awful. It had a few things scattered here and there that warranted a chuckle at the least, but it's still nothing groundbreaking nor is it very great.

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Jack T

@RT40387522 Jun 7

Not great but surprisingly not awful

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Cait G

@CaitGH Mar 12

As an '80s baby, I loved this movie. As an early adult, I bought the DVD because I loved it so much. As a mom, I just showed to my 6, 8 & 10 year olds, and while there were moments of tension, overall, they teally liked it. The plot is sound, the actors are amazing, and I cannot comprehend this Rotten Tomatoes score -- it's obscene. The movie is amazing. Kids today still get it. I'll go as far as to say "Step Brothers" wouldn't happen without this movie.

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Bucky R

@Bucky3085 Mar 2

Hysterical. One of the funniest movies I've ever seen.

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James A

@Droz27 Dec 26

I loved this movie as a kid, and was curious if it held up now. I haven't laughed this hard in years! This is Martin Short's masterpiece, from the opening scene with the faked heart attack to the faces he makes trying to look like a "real, human boy", it had me in hysterics from start to finish. I can't imagine not loving this film, you'd have to be devoid of all humor and mirth. Grodin is amazing as the uncle and the script moves briskly from gag to gag. One of the best comedies of all time in my opinion.

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Paul Flaherty

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Martin Short

Clifford Daniels

Charles Grodin

Martin Daniels

Mary Steenburgen

Sarah Davis

Dabney Coleman

Gerald Ellis

Richard Kind

Julien Daniels

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Synopsis

When his brother asks him to look after his young son, Clifford (Martin Short), Martin Daniels (Charles Grodin) agrees, taking the boy into his home and introducing him to his future wife, Sarah (Mary Steenburgen). Clifford is fixated on the idea of visiting a famed theme park, and Martin, an engineer who helped build the park, makes plans to take him. But, when Clifford reveals himself to be a first-rate brat, his uncle goes bonkers, and a loony intergenerational standoff ensues.

Director: Paul Flaherty
Producer: Larry Brezner, Pieter Jan Brugge
Screenwriter: William Porter, Steven Kampmann
Production Co: Brezner, Orion Pictures, Steinberg and Tenenbaum Entertainment (MBST), Morra
Rating: PG
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 17, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.5M
Runtime: 1h 29m
Sound Mix: Surround