Peanuts - A Boy Named Charlie Brown

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Customer Reviews:

Have your kids watch someone get verbally abused through half the movie [Posted on 2007-02-26]
This is a wonderful movie - with much more artistic content than the earlier shorter Christmas story video. It is great except that for half the movie people are calling Charlie Brown names. Blockhead, worthless, etc etc. We had to stop the movie while our four year old was half through. I should have prescreened it.

I don't trust peanuts videos now - for my impressionable four year old. Maybe when she is older...

(P.S. - read the thoughtful comments to my review. I guess the problem is not necessarily with the movie but with my daughter's age)

Three Cheers for A Boy Named Charlie Brown!!! [Posted on 2007-03-23]
This DVD was worth every penny for such humorous, family-friendly entertainment. As a thirty-something mom of two little ones, 2 and 4 years, I highly recommend this DVD to other parents of young children. This retro Peanuts film is for anyone who enjoys the ups and downs of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and other quirky Peanuts characters, and the excellent retro-jazz/piano/rock sets, vivid colors, and an added bonus of guaranteed smiles and laughter from the viewers in your home.

I recognize how artistic this movie is... [Posted on 2007-07-16]
I just saw this movie for the first time in 35 years. My father took me to see it when I was four.

Anyway, it was my first movie in the theatre and for some reason I remembered it. Watching it again with my own three year old was also quite interesting. Only now, I recognize how artistic this movie is. With music by cool jazz artist Vince Guaraldi, lyrics by poet Rod McKuen, and characters invented by Charles Schultz it almost becomes a period piece with somewhat psychodelic/pop art animation influenced by the times.

My experience tells me that children will enjoy this movie on one level, but adults can also appreciate the aesthetics, as well as, the message which, I guess, reveals Charlie Brown as the American anti-hero trying to find meaning in a cruel world of inflated egos and office politics. His alter-ego Snoopy is also quite interesting as a "Walter Mitty" character who lazes around all day, but enjoys a rich inner fantasy life as a World War I fighter pilot/ star hockey player et. al.

If you love Snoopy and Charlie Brown............... [Posted on 2007-11-13]
Please don't hesitate to buy this DVD. This was by far the best DVD movie of the peanuts gang besides the holiday specials. This movie I can watch over and over again. I also enjoy sharing it with friends and family. It brings back great memories of when I was a kid.

We love this movie! [Posted on 2008-03-23]
I have two kids, ages 6 and 4, and we love to watch this movie. I remember it from when I was a kid and wanted to share it with them. I have to say, this is a very slow moving film, but anyone familiar with the christmas special will be familiar with this pace.
I think there is a lot of Schultz humor here, there is a lot of angst and name calling, but it wouldn't be Charlie Brown without it. This movie led to discussions about other kids not being nice, and how even when you try your best, you can still come up short. My 6 year old was especially sensitive to how Charlie was feeling throughout the movie. Over all I am very happy to own this.

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