shominy-491-652355
This is the absolute funniest movie Martin Short has ever made (to date)! Hilarious from beginning to end! (BTW, Martin Short plays the funniest priest in the history of film besides the funniest child character ever!) Charles Grodin is perfect as Clifford's poor frustrated uncle! Dabney Coleman as Charles Groden's boss is ever-so creepy and plays the part to the hilt! And this is our fave movie with Mary Steenbergen - she is sweet, as always, but allowed to be funny, too. The writing, directing, editing, clever photography (to make Clifford/Martin Short look small) is 100% pure genius! We've watched this movie over and over and over through the years and cannot rate it high enough! The dialog is more-than hilarious and we quote lines from this film all the time. If you have a sense of humor and like to laugh, this movie is a MUST SEE! 100% GENIUS!! Martin Short is a comic genius!!!
bongoworld
I worked on the advertising for this film so I saw it many times. The fact that many people seem to find it funny is chilling. It is lame, witless distasteful, poorly staged and acted and generally nasty looking. The strange writhings of Martin Short are deeply embarrassing and at no point can he possibly be mistaken for a 10 year old boy.If this was an on purpose plot point it is never developed or exploited. Instead you are expected to believe in this grown up (though odd) man as a juvenile, for no other reason than the film makers pretense that that is what he is.About as funny as a collapsed lung. Why it was ever made is yet another Hollywood mystery.
Elswet
This work falls in there with movies like Howard the Duck, Oliver Stone's Alexander, Cherry 2000, and Taylor's Cleopatra in that tons of money was spent in the making, only to have the audiences reject the work.None of the works named stunk, indeed, there are endearing moments and qualities to every ONE of those works, but as far as average audiences were concerned, they were dismal disappointments, for one reason or another. Clifford is generally considered to have fallen into that category.Martin Short portrays a 90 year old priest, and a 10 year old holy terror of a child who will do anything he can (and what he can do is formidable) to get to Dinosaur World to fulfill his dream.I found this work amusing. I was highly entertained by Clifford's constant, non-stop, one track obsession and his total lack of that little voice which tells most people that their inappropriate actions are a BAD idea! It makes me thankful I'm not raising children at this point in my life; that part of my life is done, so I can appreciate the humor herein.I do not understand why this work is generally despised, other than Clifford IS a holy terror. He is the epitome of the Demon Seed. But the work is endearingly quirky, amusing, and entertaining.I liked it and own it. It rates a 7.8/10 from...the Fiend :.
hildegrl89
Clifford is one of the most hilarious movies I've ever seen. I think It's under rated and ashame that many people have not even heard of it, let alone seen it. The comedy in this movie is unlike any other. Though the ending of the movie is not really funny, the first hour makes it worth watching. Without Clifford, my life would not be the same. In fact, it would be incomplete. I hope everyone will experience the joy of watching Clifford. It is true that some people may find this movie stupid; however, i beg to differ. Martin Short is a genius in this movie. To not laugh during this movie would be a difficult and I dare say impossible task. I love Clifford with all of my heart!
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