Whilst everyone was queuing to get into their screening of Spider-Man Far from Home, I was there with my ticket to see a story about another joyful character in all red whipping around New York (was it New York?)
Let’s get the biggest issue out of the way, I’m all for actors doing accents. Some of my fellow Brits, like Andrew Lincoln, do amazing American accents. But Jack Whitehall just sounds like he’s doing an impression, and it’s very distracting. It takes away from his wit and charm and it also just felt like an unnecessary story point, they could have quite easily written an explanation to why he’s in America as a Brit – I mean his sister is has a British accent. It irked me more than it should.
If you love cheesy 90s movies, especially ones about animals like in Beethoven, then you’ll love this. It’s definitely felt like an homage with its stereotypical bad guy, and children taking the lead.
Clifford is cute. The story is fun. I’d recommend this to people who have kids or anyone this look for a bit of a nostalgic kick.
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