this version of Charlie Brown is a touch generic-a bumbling, good-hearted dreamer without the richer, more philosophical veins of melancholy that run through some of Schulz's best work
it's a big, wet dog kiss of an animated family film, hitting all the expected notes of the Charles Schulz comic strip and TV specials that generations have loved
"Peanuts" is technically an update, spiffed up by computer animation and incidental 3D. It looks shiny enough to keep the kids engaged, but not so new and improved that it'll alienate nostalgic parents
by Peter Howell [Toronto Star ]
by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic ]
