Clifford's Really Big Movie Movie Review 2004

Animated tale of TV's lovably oversized canine hero, Clifford (Ritter), and normal-sized friends Cleo the poodle (Summer) and T-Bone the mutt (Mitchell) who take to the road after the Big Red Dog mistakenly thinks his large appetite is causing his owners to go broke. The trio join up with a traveling carnival populated by plenty of child-delighting characters. Clifford revives the struggling show and becomes a star, all in the hope that the act will help him win a lifetime supply of his fave snack Tummy Yummies. Mildly evil doggie-treat tycoon (Goodman) has other plans for Clifford, however, and plots to kidnap the dog. Extremely gentle story and nice message especially suitable for younger viewers; older watchers won't find much here.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 73 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Animation & Cartoons, Adapted from Television, King of Beasts (Dogs), Talking Animals, Carnivals & Circuses, Kidnapped!

Screenplay

Robert Ramirez, Rhett Reese

Director

Robert Ramirez

Music

Jody Gray

Other

John Ritter, Wayne Brady, Jenna Elfman, John Goodman, Kel Mitchell, Judge Reinhold, Kath Soucie, Cree Summer, Grey DeLisle, Wilmer Valderrama, Earl Boen, Teresa Ganzel, Jess Harnell, Ernie Hudson, Oren Williams, Cam(eron) Clarke, Robert Poole, Monte Bramer, Monte Humphries

Producer

Deborah Forte, Scholastic Entertainment Film, Big Red Dog Productions, Warner Bros.