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Kathy Cano Murillo, Arizona Republic: Just like the cardboard books we read in kindergarten: short, sweet and easy to sit through. Read more
Louise Kennedy, Boston Globe: It's not dreadful, just dull. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Though not exactly a gripping experience for adults, parents have reason to be grateful for a movie that has been so carefully tailored to preschool to first-grade sensibilities. Read more
Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News: Unlike television cartoons that sell their souls to make the leap to the big screen, this animated G-rated film is faithful to Norman Bridwell's beloved book series about the big red dog. Read more
Robert Abele, L.A. Weekly: Trades in easygoing humor to peddle its message of bigheartedness. Read more
Gene Seymour, Newsday: How exactly does one lose a dog as red as a plum tomato and as big as an airplane hangar? This big-screen version of the animated PBS series offers a pallid, yet reasonably painless, reply. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Plays like a two-part episode of Clifford's really small TV show. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: This feature, spun off from the PBS series, will provide preschoolers with comfort and amusement, though not rapture or enchantment. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: A slightly distended version of the television program, here voiced by some of the best actors in the animation business, including the late, great John Ritter in the title role. Read more
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: When clapping broke out close to the end of Clifford's Really Big Movie -- the clapping of little hands, I might add, and not big ones -- it felt as spontaneous and as heartfelt an expression of youthful joy as I have heard in a long time. Read more