The Peanuts Movie
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: November 6, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
20
Mixed:
10
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
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
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