Martin Short, Charles Grodin, Mary Steenburgen

In this dark comedy a mischevious ten year old boy named Clifford (Martin Short) is sent to his uncle Martin's (Charles Grodin) for the weekend to get out of his father's (Richard Kind) hair. It turns...( read more  read more... ) out Clifford has a dying obsession to go to "Dinosaur World", a theme park near Martin's house and nothing will get in his way to get there.

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PG, 90 min.

Directed by: Paul Flaherty

Release Date: April 1, 1994

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DVD Release Date: March 2, 2004

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  • March 1, 2009
    Still just as funny as I remembered it was when I saw it over 10 years ago. Regardless of its silliness Martin Short does an amazing acting like an impossible to like little kid.
  • June 22, 2008
    annoying movies you like when your a kid
  • March 10, 2008
    This was back when Martin Short was kinda funny, and didn't make me want to rip his larynx out. It was pretty good if I can recall, like how he makes their plane crash land so they can go to Dinosaur land.
  • October 20, 2007
    The tagline for "Clifford" reads, "What's the difference between Clifford and a pit bull? One will tear your heart out, scare your friends and wreck your house. The other one is a dog." Martin Short relies heavily on facial movement and voice tonal changes to make his character C...( read more)lifford funny. Clifford's story begins in present day. Clifford is now a small boy, but he is still played by Martin Short, oddly enough. At first he appears a normal enough child, happy and bright and just a bit overly creepy. Clifford and his parents are on a flight to Hawaii for business purposes. Clifford wants to land in LA to visit "Dinosaur World". Clifford is the ultimate pest, a spawn of Satan. Everyone knows someone like Clifford, but Martin Short stretches his character a bit more. Clifford is an odd child. He responds with gleeful joy and says things like, "Oh, yes, my dear Uncle Martin!" We are supposed to sympathize with Clifford by the end of the film, but the problem is that we don't know how or what to sympathize with. Short makes Clifford more of a devil than a rascal, and we never truly get the sense that he is a human. By the end of the film, we're not all that sure if Clifford is human or not, or whether that evil streak is gone, and that is one of the film's flaws. Other than that, it's a general its a really funny movie.
  • July 9, 2007
    A hilarious black comedy where Martin Short plays "Clifford", one of the naughtiest boys in the world. It's hilarious, seeing him acting like a freaky child; I love the demented look he gets on his face when he's scheming his next prank. He does many bad things throughout the mov...( read more)ie, but nothing compares to his grand plan to have his Uncle Martin (Charles Grodin) take him to Dinosaur World amusement park, which was promised but never delivered. The little weirdo gets what he deserves in the end. It's great fun.
  • May 2, 2009
    One of the funniest films ever.
  • February 27, 2009
    Finally saw this one! I'm a huge Martin Short fan and this movie does showcase his talents well! It's definitely goofy, but plenty of laughs.
  • February 18, 2009
    10 years old Clifford's (Martin Short) parents: Theodora (Jennifer Savidge) & Julien (Richard Kind) fly to Hawaii for his father's business trip.

    Julien phones his brother Martin (Charles Grodin) lives reside in Los Angeles, CA.
  • December 22, 2008
    No thankyou - Not interested.
  • December 13, 2008
    ehh. . . . no thanks

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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 fun... full review

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