Trades in easygoing humor to peddle its message of bigheartedness.
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04/22/04
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Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:15
Rotten:14
Average Rating:5.6/10
Theatrical Release:Feb 20, 2004 Limited
Box Office: $2,782,548
Synopsis: All is well on Birdwell Island, where Clifford happily spends his days with his best girl, Emily Elizabeth, and his best friends T-Bone, and Cleo until he overhears a conversation that makes him... [More]
Starring: John Ritter, Grey DeLisle, Cree Summer, Cam Clark
Director: Robert C. Ramirez
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Reviews for Clifford's Really Big Movie
There's nothing here for adults and older kids to enjoy.
02/19/04
Despite the movie's rather unoriginal story -- that age-old plot about running off to the join the circus -- at least the filmmakers have created something which, though a little bland, is never crass or vulgar.
04/23/04
Unlike television cartoons that sell their souls to make the leap to the big screen, this animated G-rated film is faithful to Norman Bridwell's beloved book series about the big red dog.
04/22/04
Top CriticSome children might find Clifford’s tale on the tame side, but at least as many parents will be happily surprised by the warm and cuddly tone.
04/30/04
Just okay. My kids enjoyed it, although my daughter said she wouldn't mind not seeing it again.
03/06/04
The messages are honest and not slathered. The characters are kind, amusing and, by now, quite familiar (author Norman Birdwell created Clifford and friends some 40 years ago).
04/23/04
Retains the gentle, low-key appeal of his books and TV series.
02/19/04
A slightly distended version of the television program, here voiced by some of the best actors in the animation business, including the late, great John Ritter in the title role.
04/23/04
Top CriticThe animation has cheap-and-fast written all over it. It's so chintzy, the characters look as if they've come straight from a box of Colorforms.
04/26/04
It's not dreadful, just dull.
04/23/04
Top CriticClifford’s Really Big Movie is easily consumed and disposed of entertainment for the small fry...
04/28/04
Modest in the best sense of the word, this traditional animated film adheres closely to the gentle, easygoing tone of the hugely popular PBS series.
04/23/04
Little more than a supersized version of the popular PBS animated series that's stopping briefly in theaters en route to its natural habitat -- video.
02/20/04
Top CriticThe limited animation style looks static on the big screen and the movie is too long for its age group even at 75 minutes. (It was too long for my age group, too.)
04/22/04
Just like the cardboard books we read in kindergarten: short, sweet and easy to sit through.
02/19/04
Top CriticWhen clapping broke out close to the end of Clifford's Really Big Movie -- the clapping of little hands, I might add, and not big ones -- it felt as spontaneous and as heartfelt an expression of youthful joy as I have heard in a long time.
04/23/04
Top CriticSo, how big is Clifford’s Really Big Movie? Maybe too big for a toddler’s britches.
08/25/04
Belies its name with its formulaic storytelling and lackluster animation.
02/26/04
Top CriticThis feature, spun off from the PBS series, will provide preschoolers with comfort and amusement, though not rapture or enchantment.
02/19/04
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