I guess because a big red dog is also struggling to fit in? For that matter, the movie never returns to the opening scene of Clifford's dog family being taken from him (a baffling and sad opening). I don't know why we needed an added story of a little girl struggling to fit in at middle school with preppy, mean girls. We got dog poop, at least in reference though thankfully never seen. And oh, you bet there is scatological humor. There are rambunctious moments of quelling the dog, mischievous moments of chasing the dog, and frantic moments of running away from a gene-splicing tech guru (Tony Hale). It's your standard children's fantasy come alive with a giant dog that needs to be cared for as well as kept a secret. What can one expect from the 80-minute live-action feature film of a children's book series that was about a giant red dog? While ostensibly made for little kids, like those strictly under ten, Clifford the Big Red Dog (not to be confused with the equally alarming Clifford) is banal entertainment that's inoffensive as long as you don't have a deep personal attachment to the best-selling source material.
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