A Charlie Brown Christmas
Brief Description:
It’s Christmastime, and Charlie Brown is depressed! Lucy the Psychiatric has a solution: become director of the Christmas play! But the commercialism of Christmas only depresses Charlie Brown more. Will a little half-dead sapling reignite everyone’s Christmas spirit?
(possibly written by me, possibly taken from Archive, IMDb, or Wikipedia and edited by me. I forget)
Date: 1965
Genre: American family animated Christmas comedy TV special
Running time: 25 minutes
Cast:
Peter Robbins (Charlie Brown)
Christopher Shea (Linus)
Tracy Stratford (Lucy)
Cathy Steinberg (Sally)
Chris Doran (Schroeder & Shermy)
Geoffrey Orstein (Pig-Pen)
Sally Dryer (Violet)
Anne Altieri (Frieda)
Bill Melendez (Snoopy)
Karen Mendelson (Patty)
Director: Bill Melendez
Production company: Lee Mendelson Film Productions & Bill Melendez Productions
Based on: Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
Setting/Aesthetic/Feel: 2/5
I’m not a fan of the Peanuts aesthetic/setting in films. It’s fine in the cartoons, but too little for a film in my opinion.
Characters: 3/5
Charlie Brown is depressive, Lucy is irritating, Sally is kinda cute, Linus is too, and the rest are meh.
Plot: 3/5
The plot is super simple and straightforwards, not bad.
Theme/Message/Topics: 4/5
It’s not very loud, but I do enjoy the message of “what Christmas is all about” despite the commercialism and the ending of Hark! the Herald Angels Sing wrap it up perfectly.
Content: 5/5
Some euphemisms and music I don’t personally approve of.
Overall: 3/5
It’s a cute film with a great message, and I can see why people love it, and it’s a classic for a reason. It’s just not really my fav. But for the fun of it, I’ll probably rewatch it again.
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