Movie Review #023 the Peanuts Movie [2015]

the Peanuts Movie [2015] 4.5/5

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2452042/ - 7.8

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_peanuts_movie/ - 86% / 82%

http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-peanuts-movie - 67% / 8.5

http://www.peanutsmovie.com/ - Official Site

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peanuts_Movie - Wikipedia Site

1. Life always seems complicated for good ol' Charlie Brown, the boy who always tries his best against seemingly impossible odds. When the Little Red-Haired Girl moves into his neighborhood, Charlie Brown develops a crush on her. Meanwhile, his best friend Snoopy embarks on an epic adventure in a fantasy world. As a World War I flying ace, the lovable beagle pursues his nemesis, the Red Baron, while also trying to win the heart of a beautiful poodle named Fifi.

(Director Steve Martino [Horton Hears a Who!], Release Date 061115, Budget $99 Millions -> Box Office $141.7>> Millions, Duration 1 hr 28 min, Rating G, Genre - Animation, Adventure, Comedy)

"A journey back through the childhood with the faithful adaptation and update of the loved franchise, bringing back the innocent and childish glee with its colorful and entertaining cast and their exciting adventure through their everyday life."

+ Fantastic and charming art style that is a tasteful update by keeping the original artist's hand drawn style when it could and intentionally delaying the CG animations, wonderfully brought them to life
+ Keeping in tradition by casting a swell cast of child actors and even respectfully using the signature voiceovers of Snoopy and Woodstock, perfectly casting every character in the movie  
+ Perfect balance of tone and characters, the 'real world' issues Charlie Brown faced were kept in check by the Snoopy's fantastical action adventure and simply correlated with each other
+/- Everyday life issues were at the center of attention of the colorful and diverse characters, stringing along the audiences smoothly but could be too juvenile for today's demography
+ Steering away from the recent reboot traps by being true to the Peanut's ideology and not applying lazy movie tropes just for the sake of 'updating' the franchise