Clifford's Really Big Movie Reviews
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When 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.
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.
Though not exactly a gripping experience for adults, parents have reason to be grateful for a movie that has been so carefully tailored to preschool to first-grade sensibilities.
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| Original Score: 3/5
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.
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| Original Score: B
Belies its name with its formulaic storytelling and lackluster animation.
Plays like a two-part episode of Clifford's really small TV show.
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.
| Original Score: 2/4
This feature, spun off from the PBS series, will provide preschoolers with comfort and amusement, though not rapture or enchantment.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Just like the cardboard books we read in kindergarten: short, sweet and easy to sit through.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
How exactly does one lose a dog as red as a plum tomato and as big as an airplane hangar? This big-screen version of the animated PBS series offers a pallid, yet reasonably painless, reply.
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| Original Score: 2/4
