Review of The Peanuts Movie (2015) by Bob516 — 07 Nov 2015

I took my 11 year old twin daughters to see Peanuts, at their request. I will say the animation was well done and creative.

I grew up reading Peanuts in the newspaper and in book form. I watched all the specials growing up. At first the movie seemed cute, as I remembered all the old comic strips. After about 15 minutes the novelty wore off, and I was getting a little bored with the movie. I got to the point of checking off all the things I remembered of Peanuts when I was a kid, then that got boring. By the end of the movie I felt like I spent a hour and a half reading old Peanuts comic strips I had read over and over again, when I was 10. I have no interest in rereading old Peanuts comic strips. I could not wait for the movie to end.

My daughters reaction was tepid at best. I don't think I heard them laugh once, and they struggled to find something positive to say about the movie after we left.

For parents of children under 9 years old, seems like a safe movie the kids will enjoy. If I had to spend much more time in the theatre watching this, I might have started banging my head against a wall.