I really, really like Clifford; it's so funny! I probably find it to be a lot funnier than others might whom really didn't like it so much. I watched it as a kid and was fond of it and still am. I love the Clifford character! Clifford is such a mischievously funny brat! Hahaha! I really love Martin Short and he makes the Clifford character so, so funny. C'mon now....Clifford is good. Taking a lighthearted approach to watching Clifford is the only way to watch it. It can really be unsavory and obnoxious if you take it the wrong way. It's a perverse make-believe. Clifford is completely cantankerous as it's nothing but wacky and foolishly silly the whole way through. It's wholly surrounded around its characters. Charles Grodin does a nice and funny job in bumping heads with Clifford. That seems pretty natural for those two, not necessarily in a hateful manner. Mary Steenburgen as Miss Sarah Davis brings a real sweetness to the movie. I think my ongoing crush with Mary Steenburgen started with Clifford. Dabney Coleman very well interacts with Steenburgen's character as he tries to woo her. Richard Kind as Clifford's dad was nice to see. I love Ben Savage in the beginning and end scenes when Clifford is a priest. Those scenes are really good. The Dinosaur World ending has overlying messages to it. Clifford is a deliberately honest story and a good outlet for potentially troublesome boys.
