Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Trombone Shorty | ... | Miss Othmar / Mrs. Little Red-Haired Girl (voice) (as Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews) | |
Rebecca Bloom | ... | Marcie (voice) | |
Anastasia Bredikhina | ... | Patty (voice) | |
Francesca Capaldi | ... | The Little Red-Haired Girl / Frieda (voice) (as Francesca Angelucci Capaldi) | |
Kristin Chenoweth | ... | Fifi (voice) | |
Alex Garfin | ... | Linus (voice) | |
Noah Johnston | ... | Schroeder (voice) | |
Bill Melendez | ... | Snoopy / Woodstock (voice) (archive sound) | |
Hadley Belle Miller | ... | Lucy (voice) | |
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Micah Revelli | ... | Little Kid (voice) |
Noah Schnapp | ... | Charlie Brown (voice) | |
Venus Schultheis | ... | Peppermint Patty (voice) (as Venus Omega Schultheis) | |
Mariel Sheets | ... | Sally (voice) | |
Madisyn Shipman | ... | Violet (voice) | |
A.J. Tecce | ... | Pigpen (voice) (as AJ Tecce) |
Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the whole gang are back in a heartwarming story. A new girl with red hair moves in across the street, and Charlie Brown falls in love. Now he tries to impress the Little Red-Haired Girl to make her feel like he's a winner, but Charlie Brown just can't do anything right. At the same time, Snoopy is writing a love story about his continuing battles with The Red Baron. Then Charlie Brown has accomplished something never done before. He gets a perfect score on his standardized test, but there has been a mistake. Should he tell the truth and risk losing all of his newfound popularity? Can Charlie Brown get the girl to love him, or will he go back to being a nothing? Written by Adam Nunez
I was unsure at first because of the animation style, it was much more modern than the charming animation style of the 60s and 70s specials. However, despite the 3D CGI animation style, the original charm of the cartoon specials remained intact. I liked how the animation didn't seem as finished just like the original Peanuts specials. In the film, just like in the specials, the trees and other plants in the background remained static. Even when it was supposedly windy. This film, like many of the Peanuts specials, had two storylines: A Charlie Brown storyline and a Snoopy storyline. In the Charlie Brown storyline, the film deals with Charlie trying to work up enough nerve to talk to the Little Red Haired Girl. In the Snoopy story, Snoopy finds an old typewriter and works on writing a novel. His novel deals with the World War I flying ace trying to save his crush Fifi from the clutches of the evil Red Baron.
This movie featured many in-jokes from the specials and comic strips. The typical Peanuts sentimentality was also present as were the lack of adults. The wonderful Peanuts music was present throughout the film. I wish they wouldn't have included a modern song, but it doesn't detract too much from the film. There were also bits of the comic strip that popped up throughout the film and also the fun 60s style graphics that would also appear periodically. It was such a fun film, I will definitely be purchasing my own copy.
I read that this film was written in complete cooperation with Charles M. Schulz's widow and the other members of his family. Schulz' son and grandson wrote the screenplay and apparently the Schulz family had to have approval over all aspects of the film. They also used archive sound recordings of Bill Melendez' Snoopy sounds for Snoopy's "voice" in the film. I did think that the Peppermint Patty voice was slightly off. The other Patty (who normally has brown hair and wears an orange dress) in this film was blonde and wore a green dress. Neither of the Pattys inaccuracies affected my enjoyment of this film.