CAST:(Voices) Noah Schnapp, Trombone Shorty, Rebecca Bloom, Anastasia Bredikhina, Fransesca Capaldi, Kristin Chenoweth, Alexander Garfin, Bill Melendez, Venus Omega Schultheis
DIRECTION:Steve Martino
GENRE:Animation
DURATION:1 hour 32 minutes
STORY: Charlie Brown (Schnapp) heads out on a fresh adventure. This time, it is the charming Little Red-Haired Girl (Capaldi) who has caught his fancy, and Charlie will do just about anything to win her over. Meanwhile, Snoopy (Melendez) while not daydreaming about being a World War 1 fighter ace who battles the Red Baron, remains the good friend that he and Woodstock always were, to Charlie Brown.
REVIEW: Unlike some of the animation film franchises we've seen in the last few years, which are relatively recent creations, Charlie Brown and Snoopy (immortalised in the Peanuts comic strip) have a history that dates back to half a century. Charles M. Schulz's immortal cartoon characters get a deservedly high-tech treatment here, while not sacrificing any of the original detail and nuances that made these characters so famous.
While the story is simplicity in itself - albeit with oodles of fantasy and flights of fancy - this does look like the best iteration of the Peanuts franchise seen on screen (be it television or the big screen) to date. Charlie Brown finds himself the centre of attention at school as he has - to his own surprise - topped a test. The other students treat him like a rock star but this means nothing to him because he will do absolutely anything to win the affections of the Little Red-Haired Girl. He will even help her with a book review, even if the book in question is a weighty tome like Leo Tolstoy's War And Peace, for which he has to write a thousand-word analysis.
Fans of Peanuts will also be delighted with Snoopy's own side-adventure. The Red Baron (in real life, a World War 1 German fighter pilot ace) is Snoopy's arch-nemesis and he hopes to rescue his own sweetheart Fifi from his clutches. Notwithstanding the breezy run-time, each of the characters get their due. Christophe Beck's soundtrack also helps in keeping the pace jaunty, even during parts without dialogue, of which there are quite a few. This one will both charm the adults and keep the kids entertained.
REVIEW: Unlike some of the animation film franchises we've seen in the last few years, which are relatively recent creations, Charlie Brown and Snoopy (immortalised in the Peanuts comic strip) have a history that dates back to half a century. Charles M. Schulz's immortal cartoon characters get a deservedly high-tech treatment here, while not sacrificing any of the original detail and nuances that made these characters so famous.
While the story is simplicity in itself - albeit with oodles of fantasy and flights of fancy - this does look like the best iteration of the Peanuts franchise seen on screen (be it television or the big screen) to date. Charlie Brown finds himself the centre of attention at school as he has - to his own surprise - topped a test. The other students treat him like a rock star but this means nothing to him because he will do absolutely anything to win the affections of the Little Red-Haired Girl. He will even help her with a book review, even if the book in question is a weighty tome like Leo Tolstoy's War And Peace, for which he has to write a thousand-word analysis.
Fans of Peanuts will also be delighted with Snoopy's own side-adventure. The Red Baron (in real life, a World War 1 German fighter pilot ace) is Snoopy's arch-nemesis and he hopes to rescue his own sweetheart Fifi from his clutches. Notwithstanding the breezy run-time, each of the characters get their due. Christophe Beck's soundtrack also helps in keeping the pace jaunty, even during parts without dialogue, of which there are quite a few. This one will both charm the adults and keep the kids entertained.
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