Sometimes when they hold a movie from release for a year or so, it's to build up audience anticipation.
Other times, it's because the studio went bankrupt.
Still other times, everyone involved just tries to cut their losses.
Then, there's "Clifford", which should have been held in a blender. On liquefy.
I have absolutely no idea what anyone was thinking when they came up with the idea for this: Martin Short as a ten year-old? If you cannot picture this, then you must not have seen this movie. If not, you're much wiser than I.
Martin Short is funny. Really, I mean it. Catch reruns of SCTV or any of his talk show appearances. He catches a moment and runs with it. He's a genius. Couldn't judge it by "Clifford".
And Short isn't the only casualty. There's also Charles Grodin, Mary Steenburgen, Dabney Coleman - good actors all (Steenburgen even won an Oscar for "Melvin and Howard"!!!!) and all very accomplished comedians. Again, this isn't a good place to start a retrospective on their careers.
Every moment (and I mean every single last minute miniscule one of them) falls flat and stays on the floor like a two ton lead weight.
Watching this movie is akin to having your car totaled by a herd of elephants: you can't believe it once you see it, and the results are a disaster.
Like that one? Good, that's the funniest thing that can possibly be connected with "Clifford".
One star.
No wonder Grodin retired.
Other times, it's because the studio went bankrupt.
Still other times, everyone involved just tries to cut their losses.
Then, there's "Clifford", which should have been held in a blender. On liquefy.
I have absolutely no idea what anyone was thinking when they came up with the idea for this: Martin Short as a ten year-old? If you cannot picture this, then you must not have seen this movie. If not, you're much wiser than I.
Martin Short is funny. Really, I mean it. Catch reruns of SCTV or any of his talk show appearances. He catches a moment and runs with it. He's a genius. Couldn't judge it by "Clifford".
And Short isn't the only casualty. There's also Charles Grodin, Mary Steenburgen, Dabney Coleman - good actors all (Steenburgen even won an Oscar for "Melvin and Howard"!!!!) and all very accomplished comedians. Again, this isn't a good place to start a retrospective on their careers.
Every moment (and I mean every single last minute miniscule one of them) falls flat and stays on the floor like a two ton lead weight.
Watching this movie is akin to having your car totaled by a herd of elephants: you can't believe it once you see it, and the results are a disaster.
Like that one? Good, that's the funniest thing that can possibly be connected with "Clifford".
One star.
No wonder Grodin retired.