The Peanuts Movie is a really wonderful continuation of the original comic strip’s great legacy that should earn it an entire new generation of fans, and is guaranteed to make you smile.
Adapted from the funny pages for the first time in 3D CGI animation, the film works to pack in every notable aspect of the funny pages staple – all tied into a narrative that follows Charlie Brown (voiced by Noah Schnapp) as he meets, falls in love with, and tries to get the attention of The Little Red-Haired Girl (Francesca Capaldi).
The movie is admittedly oddly paced and structured (continually feeling more like a series of episodes stitched together than a full feature-length story), and it also works too hard to try and squeeze in reference to every single notable element of the franchise (from the Great Pumpkin to the Kite-Eating Tree), but it’s so cute and well-intentioned that you can easily look past these flaws and just be entertained by it.