The Peanuts Movie
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: November 6, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
20
Mixed:
10
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallNov 5, 2015
In an age of digital chaos and deep emotional themes The Peanuts Movie keeps things sweet and simple, perfectly in tune with the qualities Schulz fans adore. Read full review
90
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerNov 5, 2015
The Peanuts Movie may be simultaneously the most charming and the most daring experiment in human genetics ever conducted. At issue is whether the character summaries and back stories of fictional pop-culture figures can be passed from one generation to the next solely through DNA. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperNov 5, 2015
This is a sweet, funny, smart, genuine all-ages movie with simple, timeless messages. Read full review
83
HitfixDrew McWeenyNov 3, 2015
Frequently very funny, undeniably aimed at younger audiences, and true to the source material, The Peanuts Movie is too mild-mannered to win over brand new audiences, but it's going to please people who were already fond of the underlying property, and it should be a big nostalgia-driven hit for the studio. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenNov 2, 2015
A delightful romp that captures the spirit of the adored 65-year-old comic strip. Read full review
75
The PlaylistNick SchagerNov 6, 2015
The film proves — in both style and attitude — a successful bridge between the old and the new, and one that, no matter its emotional slimness, ultimately never loses sight of the fretful angst with which all kids must, at some point, contend. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliNov 5, 2015
The voice work is on-target - the child actors, none of whom have played these parts before and many of whom have limited professional experience, nail their characters. They sound just like we expect them to sound. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTom RussoNov 5, 2015
Even with his glossy new look, Charlie Brown remains the Charlie Browniest. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubNov 5, 2015
The Peanuts Movie delivers genuine happiness with the door left open for woe. Read full review
75
Washington PostSandie Angulo ChenNov 5, 2015
An entertaining combination of humor and tenderness, The Peanuts Movie isn’t just an all-ages crowd-pleaser. It’s the perfect first feature film for a preschooler. Read full review
75
USA TodayBrian TruittNov 5, 2015
Peanuts is all about simplicity, and what the plot lacks in nuance and complexity is made up for with relatable characters whom people have spent a lifetime watching. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchJody MitoriNov 5, 2015
The efforts to stay true to the spirit of Schulz are worth a happy dance for kids and adults alike. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerNov 4, 2015
While it’s more technically elaborate treatment than the characters have ever received, it’s also gentler and more eye-pleasing than any of Blue Sky’s other features. It‘s also a neat extension of Schulz’s style—though, granted, no one needs to see Pig-Pen’s permanent cloud of filth rendered more vividly. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaNov 4, 2015
Failure hovers over the film as much as it did in Schulz's comic strip, infusing even its most ebullient set pieces and designs with a sense of melancholy. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 4, 2015
Lucy (Hadley Belle Miller) is still full of nickel-a-session psychotherapy, Linus still soulful enough to recognize his friend’s heart. And Charlie’s sister Sally (Mariel Sheets) still assumes Linus is her “Sweet Baboo.” Read full review
75
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeNov 2, 2015
If The Peanuts Movie never quite reaches the melancholy of earlier films like “A Boy Named Charlie Brown” and “Snoopy Come Home,” it nonetheless respects the importance of failure and disappointment that Schulz always included in his storytelling. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriNov 7, 2015
Somehow, this Peanuts feels familiar, even cozy. I can’t make any great claims for it, but it feels like the return of an old friend. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlNov 3, 2015
What's surprising — even wondrous — is how often Schulz's precisely crooked line work informs the big-budget gloss. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter DebrugeNov 2, 2015
For those who know the strip well, The Peanuts Movie should feel like the first day of a new school year, reunited with a classroom full of familiar faces. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisNov 4, 2015
The comic strip’s late creator Charles M. Schulz would undoubtedly approve of The Peanuts Movie, given his progeny have ensured the film remains true to his artistic and humanist vision. Read full review
60
EmpireIan NathanJan 4, 2016
Charming in that neurotically adorable way Charles Schulz established over many years, this is a fond continuation of the Snoopyverse. Read full review
60
The TelegraphRobbie CollinDec 17, 2015
While there’s nothing here to remotely trouble young minds, there’s nothing much to stick in them either. For the most part, the film just seems to waft along, and though Charlie Brown's life is low-key by nature, the stories are mostly flimsily low-impact. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzNov 6, 2015
No one wants to live in the past, but in The Peanuts Movie, the old stuff still stands up, while the new story is just flimsy glue holding the classic bits in place. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenNov 5, 2015
The movie is pleasant and charming, but when making a big-screen adaptation of a beloved classic and genuine touchstone for generations, adequate doesn't feel like quite enough. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfNov 5, 2015
Unlike recent, sharp-witted examples like The Lego Movie and Paddington, there’s zero interest in mocking or freshening up the material—think what Wes Anderson might have done with this—thus dooming the movie to nostalgic types only. It trudges along like that black, jagged stripe on our hero’s yellow polo: up and down, scene by scene. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsKatherine Pushkar Nov 4, 2015
It looks shiny enough to keep the kids engaged, but not so new and improved that it'll alienate nostalgic parents. The movie strikes that balance, adding a bell here, a whistle there. Read full review
60
Screen DailyTim GriersonNov 2, 2015
The Peanuts Movie isn’t so much an homage as it is an echo and a call-back, one that certainly has heart but also feels dispiritingly riskless. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyJoe McGovernNov 4, 2015
The film disappointingly ditches the cartoonist’s modest visual formula for a photorealistic 3-D playground courtesy of the animation studio behind "Ice Age." Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireNov 5, 2015
It’s disappointing and actually kind of cynical in its unwillingness to try anything even vaguely innovative with these beloved characters. Read full review
50
New York PostLou LumenickNov 5, 2015
Good grief! This painfully sincere animated feature seems aimed less at contemporary kids than nostalgic adults who might buy toys marketed for what is being billed as the 50th anniversary of the Peanuts gang for their children and grandchildren. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)John SemleyNov 5, 2015
The Peanuts Movie is a sloppy mash-up of disconnected vignettes and rehashed jokes, all lazily reverse-engineered from the premise that a Peanuts movie is a thing that people will like and will happily pay to see. Read full review
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