The Peanuts Movie [4K UHD]

WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERSI've been a HUGE fan of the Peanuts comic strips for decades and so has my wife, so when this movie came out we went to see it in the theater. We really didn't know what to expect but we hoped to see The Peanuts Gang in all their glory, each member with their own individual quirks, and maybe some of the old but favorite Schulz gags. This movie did not fail to disappoint on any level.I knew it was going to be good 20 seconds into the movie. The 20th Century Fox logo comes up, you hear the drum roll, and then (perhaps unexpectedly) you hear the musical fanfare being played on piano. As the logo spins around, you see Schroeder playing the fanfare. VERY clever.According to the special features, they based the appearance of the characters on the circa 1980's Peanuts comic strips. It's readily apparent the animators went into painstaking detail to get the look right -- and to bring a three-dimensional look to them. It worked. You really can see the Peanuts characters "coming to life" in this movie. You can also see the amount of work that went into getting the backgrounds looking right. In short, the visuals are fantastic.The storyline starts with a "snow day" where the Peanuts Gang goes out to play hockey -- except for Charlie Brown, of course. He decides to fly his kite. Hey, the kite-eating-tree has lost all its leaves and is hibernating for the winter, so it makes sense in a Charlie Brown way, right? The story then continues through the school year and ends on the day class is released for summer vacation. Along the way, you see Charlie Brown weave his way through numerous situations (and numerous foibles) as he vies for the attention of The Little Red Haired Girl, who moved into town on that "snow day" where the story starts -- but we don't find that out right away, of course...The best part of this movie is we get to see Snoopy in action as The World War I Flying Ace. They devoted an entire back-story to this premise, and yes, we get to see the dog house (a.k.a. Sopwith Camel) fly. We get to see Snoopy attempt to romance Fifi (who flies an actual plane), get into dogfights with The Red Baron (GREAT action scenes) and we also get to see Snoopy save the day and rescue the girl -- along with some help from Woodstock and his bird pals.As for the Charlie Brown storyline, we see Snoopy try to teach Charlie Brown practicing magic for a talent show and learning how to dance (HILARIOUS bit where Snoopy does the Flamenco and Charlie Brown responds with The Chicken Dance), we see Charlie Brown get the highest score on the yearly standardized test -- or so it seems, we see him pull an all-nighter doing a book report by himself because his partner -- The Little Red Haired Girl -- had to leave town due to a family emergency, and of course there are some great classic bits of Charlie Brown getting shellacked while playing baseball and trying to fly his kite.What's not to like? Well, some people have written less-than-praiseful reviews because -- SPOILER ALERT -- Charlie Brown gets The Little Red Haired Girl (she volunteers to be his pen-pal over summer vacation). Apparently this rubbed a lot of Peanuts fans the wrong way because they believe Charlie Brown is and always should be a perpetual loser. Some have even given the opinion that the movie falls in line with the new-age thinking "Everyone is a winner" so the producers HAD to make Charlie Brown win in the end.I would say the people giving these opinions have really missed a significant point in this movie. Yes, Charlie Brown has more than his share of stupendous screw-ups throughout the course of the movie, but he demonstrates a lot of positive qualities like honesty, integrity, giving his best effort for the team, putting others before himself, etc. THESE are the things that The Little Red Haired Girl liked about Charlie Brown. Is that a bad thing? Don't you think there's a valuable lesson for children there?In short, if you're like me and my wife and still enjoy watching the Peanuts holiday specials, you're going to LOVE The Peanuts Movie. If you have children, this is a very good, very wholesome movie with a few things that might be mildly scary but usually have a comedic payoff. So I think it's safe to say this movie has something for everyone -- except the people who get sour grapes over anything good happening to Charlie Brown...

If you are a Charlie Brown lover this movie is a must have for your collection.

My 3 year old loves this movie, but it was no longer on any streaming service, and the other major retailers didn’t have it in store. I ordered it on Amazon, received it next day and she’s been watching it in the car constantly. It came with the digital copy, so we’re able to watch it at home too.

Love it! This is the best Peanuts movie I've ever seen! It blends the classic Peanuts gang- style animation with awesome graphics. The story is outstanding and cute. I really like how some of the classic moments from past Peanuts animations are introduced into this movie. This is a must have and must-see movie for children and adults!

This was our household Christmas movie this past Holiday. This is the best movie I have seen in a long while. PeriodEveryone of us enjoyed it immensely. Not only the producers and animation artists did an incredible job with the type of computer design and animation they chose but the dialog is right on spot, the timing for the jokes and their delivery is immpecable, the jokes are laugh hard funny and it never lost pace. And they also got a fantastic soundtrack with the classic PEANUT's melodies all the fans know and new excellent vocal scores that refresh the beloved music album of these classic characters.The story is simple yet entertaining and very catchy for adults and children alike.So are the new soundtrack themes which we ended up playing a lot all the way to New Year's eve.There is a lot of extra content, some of which are a must for collectors and fans of the PEANUT ensemble specially some shorts about its creator work, Mr. Charles Schultz (r.i.p).My wife and I are fans of these characters. I have a few CD's with music from the original series and movies. A few years ago we gave our children a CD collection which contained a large aggregate of the original animated movies (from the 60's) just to see if they liked it. They treasure it and watch it very often. So everybody in our house was earnestly and eagerly awaiting to get and watch this movie for Christmas since we missed its original theatrical release.This is palpable proof of the timelessness of these characters and the transgenerational allure of their stories.The movie is so well sorted out that it either contains references, or elements or even entire sections belonging to or connecting with classical stories of the Peanut characters but they are all so masterfully arranged and cleverly intertwined that the story flows smoothly and progressively.Frankly I was happily surprised since a sketchy story made up of compartamentalized sections forcibly connected together is most commonly the result of movie making efforts of this kind.But NOT HERE, and that is a great tribute both to the work of the original creators of PEANUTS and to each man and women involved in making this fine film.The editing of picture and sound is flawless also. This movie is a triumph.The main goal of a movie is to entertain and that's what you get here : pure great entertainment for all ages.I enjoyed thoroughly, laughed my heart out together with my wife and kids, but the best joy comes from my youngest kid, who is seven and asks to play it practically everyday.This is the gift that keeps on giving. Get a copy, you will be glad you did.Arrived very quickly and neatly packaged.