This feature is similar to "You're in Love, Charlie Brown." It includes all the cliche bits we have seen a dozen times before. BTW I have never really warmed up to Woodstock which they insist on putting into every film.I loved the old cartoons, and indeed they attempted to use similar voices. In that regard they did fairly decent except for Charlie Brown and Lucy, the two main characters. The film starts out in winter and seems days later it is the middle of summer. The film avoids all holiday or religious themes as Chuck does a book report on "Leo's Toy Store" by Warren Peace.The theme is that Charlie Brown is a good man with good intentions under all of his "failures" and that is what is important. It was so much like what was already done, I was not overly entertained.

'The Peanuts Movie' (or 'Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie', as it's billed in some places) seems long overdue, seeing as Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts comic strip has been around since 1950. Since he passed away in 2000, Schulz's children have done well continuing on his legacy, as this film honours him and Peanuts well - the animation is quaint at times, but detailed and colourful when needed.The whole Peanuts gang is here - the klutz Charlie Brown (Schnapp), the nagging Lucy (Miller), Charlie's best friend Linus (Garfin), the odd-pair Patty & Marcie, Charlie's sister Sally, the followed-by-a-cloud-of-dust Pig-Pen and, of course, Snoopy the beagle and Woodstock the bird. The film's set in winter, so there's plenty of snow and ice skating, and plenty of opportunities for Charlie Brown to embarrass himself. Plot = new girl moves in across the road, Charlie Brown spends the entire movie trying to impress/talk to her!This director has form, with 'Horton Hears a Who!' and does well to keep things happening, especially when Snoopy's daydreaming and dogfighting in the European WWI skies against the Red Baron! The other adult reference kids won't get is Charlie Brown reading Leo Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' - a 1,200+ page book for his book report - and asking for "Leo's Toy Store" at the library! I didn't like the weird sounds they used in place of adults/teachers, but otherwise it's well made.

I have never seen ANYTHING Peanuts related except the occasional comic strip (blasphemy I know ha-ha), but I LOVE this movie!The animation is wonderful, it stays true to the original comic style, while bringing it successfully into 3D animation.The story/characters are very wholesome/entertaining (Everyone has a character moment). Also, this film doesn't ape off previously iconic moments, its a lovely little movie on it's own merits.A must watch!

If you are or were a fan, this is a nice throwback to Charlie Brown and the others doing their thing. But even if you never heard of them and this is your first time, this is pretty fun and entertaining. It's not as sophisticated as most Pixar outputs, but not every animated feature has to go that route. You have to have diversity and keeping it "simple" does pay out in this case.And it's not meant in a bad way of course, because the movie does exactly what it says it would do. It's about school, it's about first love, it's about being young and doing stuff you would never do, once you have grown up and it's about relationships in general. It's also about one of the smartest non-talking film dog out there. The animation style may be a put off for some, but it works and should not bother you at all