Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Peppermint Patty calls Charlie Brown to brag about being sent to Europe as a foreign exchange student with Marcie. To her dismay, Charlie Brown and Linus are also going. Snoopy and Woodstock join them. Everybody says "Bon Voyage" and Lucy yells "and Don't Come Back!". Charlie Brown receives a letter from Violette Honfleur inviting him to stay at the Château du Mal Voisin (The House of the Bad Neighbor). They fly to London and take the train to Dover crossing the channel on the boat.This doesn't have the childhood isolation of other Peanuts stuff. The adults talk. The gang is reduced to the six characters. Going to France is going to another world. This is still a nice journey outside of the strictly traditional Peanuts world. It has the great childish wonder. I just wish the whole gang is there with them.

Fun Peanuts movie that has Charlie Brown going to France as a foreign exchange student, along with Linus, Peppermint Patty, and Marcie. Of course Snoopy and Woodstock come along. There's a lot of fun to be had with the gang exploring another country's culture. There's also a subplot involving a mysterious letter Charlie Brown received back in the States from a little French girl. The animation is solid with some especially nice backgrounds for the French countryside. Love the colors in this. I also liked the atmosphere in the scene where the boys arrive at the château on a rainy night. The voice work is excellent. The adults actually speak intelligibly in this one, as opposed to the usual "wah wah wah." The music is good with some song snippets here and there. It's a very enjoyable cartoon with lots of laughs and likable, relatable characters. Some really funny Patty moments involving a French boy named Pierre. Not my favorite Peanuts film but a fun one nonetheless.

This was by far my favorite of the Charlie Brown and Peanuts movies. Most likely due to the fact I always love a good traveling movie and the more exotic the location the better. "Snoopy Come Home" was also rather good too, though that travel movie was on a smaller scope than this one was. This one has Charlie Brown, Linus, Peppermint Patty and Marcie all headed to France for reasons that I can not remember. I know Charlie was invited by some girl, but I can not remember why Peppermint Patty and Marcie went along. I do know they did not stay at the château along with Charlie Brown and Linus so perhaps they were just you normal exchange students. Snoopy and Woodstock also come along for the ride as well, and it is a good thing seeing as somehow Snoopy has the ability to drive cars and rent them as well. The movie moves at a good clip and for the most part it is very funny watching them on their travels. The movie is not quite as good once they arrive at their destination a mysterious château in France, but it is nice to see them try to uncover the mystery (even if in the end it is not all that exciting a mystery). It is nice to see the cast parred down a bit too, as to often you have to many of the Peanuts gang and the film suffers. I never really liked Lucy all that much so I am glad to see aside from a farewell scene at the beginning that she is a no show. I am not wild about Linus either, but he is Charlie Brown's best friend so it makes sense he come along for the ride. And what a ride it is, lots of sites and sounds and comedy.

Peanuts has become a staple of American culture, so the jokes have a hard time coming across as fresh nowadays. The pleasure I get from watching these films is not due to it being laugh-out-loud funny, but it's from the jokes reaching a nostalgic point. I remember liking this one when I was younger, but I think I found it too complicated, in comparison to Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown. Now, I think this one stands up the best in comparison to Race... and Snoopy Come Home. Some of the other comments have hit on that this one does not obey the normal formula rules as other Peanuts features. This is exactly what makes it noteworthy. Rather than being aimed more squarely at a family audience, there's a tiny bit of creepiness to the music, which could probably scare the youngest of children. The writing in this is far more entertaining and clever, less gags are recycled from the comic strip, and as such, it will be more deserving of your attention than the other features.