The Peanuts Movie (2015)

Snoopy embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to the skies to pursue their archnemesis, while his best pal Charlie Brown begins his own epic quest back home to win the love of his life.

Director:

Steve Martino

Writers:

Craig Schulz (screenplay by), Bryan Schulz (screenplay by)

Stars:

Noah Schnapp, Bill Melendez, Hadley Belle Miller

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 47 nominations.

Cast

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)
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)

Storyline

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?

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Plot Keywords:

peanuts | popularity | school | imagination | beagle | 

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Taglines:

Schroeder: Major Player.

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

G

Did You Know?

Trivia

Released theatrically in theaters with the "Ice Age" short Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe (2015).

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Goofs

At one point Snoopy determines which way the wind is blowing by dropping a handful of grass. The grass is carried away by the wind, but the snowflakes fall straight down as if there is no wind.

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Quotes

[first lines]
[Symphony No. 5 Allegro con brio plays on Schroeder's piano clock, he wakes up to turn it off, but doesn't]
Schroeder: Ah, Beethoven.

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Crazy Credits

There is a scene after the closing credits: Linus's model plane, whose runaway flying was a running gag throughout the film, finally sputters to a stop over the pond and falls straight in.

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Connections

Featured in The Know's Top 10s: Top 10 Dogs (2016)

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Soundtracks

Skating
Written by Vince Guaraldi
Performed by The Vince Guaraldi Trio (as Vince Guaraldi Trio)
Courtesy of Concord Music Group, Inc.

User Reviews

This movie was adorable.

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.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 November 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Blue Sky Studios Peanuts by Schulz

Box Office

Budget:

$99,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$44,213,073, 8 November 2015

Gross USA:

$130,178,411

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$246,233,113

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios, Feigco Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat Dolby Surround 7.1 Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1