John Brooks First off, it's my obligation to mention I the reviewer personally only watched the Charlie Brown and Snoopy cartoons every so often and couldn't say I grew up on them, but as an adult now certainly have a feel for what it was all about, its atmosphere and spirit; it's just I wasn't a diehard connoisseur.I preface this review by saying that as the nostalgic effect on me was only temporary and evaporated pretty soon into the developments. However, it felt SO COOL and exciting to see Charlie Brown and Snoopy and the whole gang again and they did a fine job hyping up the event in the early stages. They did an amazing job reconstructing the Charlie Brown appeal both in spirit as more tangibly in the drawings: this here is a 3D rendition of the characters and backgrounds, only boosted with computer-generated virtual motion and it's absolutely superbly done: all the authenticity and pure Peanuts aesthetics preserved, but adapted into the modern mold carefully and most subtly and with excellent attention to detail.However, as mentioned the effect only lasts so long and this film needs to be critiqued as a film for adults, as millennial kids hardly know anything about it and it is obviously aimed at the then-children/now-adult portion of society. So it's a film for grownups; nostalgic grownups; not kids. And as a film for adults, it's just way too thin. It's got the good old morals, the story is easy to follow, the characters each in their own way are funny and cute... but the parts with Snoopy vs the Red Baron turn self-indulgent very quickly and overall the emotionally-charged laughs quickly turn into mere snorts then into polite smiles.It's cute, it's fun, it kept the spirit of the original and preserved the visual appeal outstandingly....but it's not enough as a FILM. A generous 6/10.

Clifton Johnson The good news is that this movie captures the best of Peanuts animated specials: adult neuroses via childlike dialogue, amusing visual gags, charming characters. The bad news is that it also captures the worst of those tv shows: minimal plot, random/long Snoopy interludes and self serious thematic speeches. The animation style was perfect (and beautiful), but the movie was still uneven.

2fresh 2clean I'm going to be honest. I thought this was going to be a film that all ages could enjoy, like "The Incredibles" or "Despicable Me" Obviously this film was geared towards small children. It was OK in the beginning but got boring as the film went on. I hate to say it but I found myself almost dozing off a few times while watching. That never happened to me while watching a "Peanuts" cartoon, even after watching the same ones over and over again every year during the holidays. Marcie was still working for Peppermint Patty, Lucy was still dogging Charlie Brown, Snoopy was still fighting the Red Baron with the help of Woodstock and pretty much everything else was the same also. In this particular cartoon Charlie Brown falls in love with the new red head that moves into the neighborhood and he tries everything to impress her but of course with Charlie Brown nothing ever goes right. I think with this story-line it could have been better but this film was probably put out to attract small children so there was no need for a strong plot for this film. True Charlie Brown fans might enjoy this film but as for me it wasn't what I thought it was going to be.

Hitchcoc This is a taut film that stays in the spirit of the canon. Those films were done on much smaller budgets but still charm the heck out of us. This one has a simple plot. After showing us that Charlie Brown is still a mess, a little red-headed girl moves in across the street. It is love at first sight, and, of course, he is petrified to go near her. She is also in his class. There are a series of amusing scenes after it is thought that our hero has received a perfect score on a school pretest (something that has never been done before). He is treated as royalty, but he must deal with a dose of reality. Charlie Brown, for all his neuroses, is a kind and loving character. He is Everyman (or what Everyman would like to think he is). There is a lot of Snoopy, but at times I found his World War One story a little tiresome. But he also has some great shtick. What is most endearing is that the cast of characters are utterly true to what we have grown to love.