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Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

cairn6 As much as I love the "Peanuts" series, I stand neutral on this one. First off, I honestly think the series is much better off in 30 minute special form rather than feature length...part of the charm is the "quick simplicity, quick delivery, and to the point storytelling which sadly becomes clumsy, drawn out, and uneven in "Snoopy Come Home". We know very little about Lilia, why she's sick or why she suddenly want Snoopy back. Did her illness make her yearn for some form of comfort? With the sad music that accompanies her scenes in the hospital one could feel for her, but you just don't. (The hospital scenes in "Why Charlie Brown Why? are far superior as the viewer is able to understand the plight of Janice thus gaining sympathy for her.) On the subject of music, the whole soundtrack seems out of place in this film. As for the emotional components, the transition from sad to happy is too abrupt and that takes away from what could be a good story. On the plus side, the animation is charming, and you do feel for Charlie Brown with what he has to go through in the film. A good attempt that just could have turned out better.

ravsten428 This movie was always a favorite when I was young and I still enjoy it.Snoopy is one of my favorite cartoon characters and he doesn't disappoint in this film. I love the scenes where he fights with Linus over his blanket and also where he quarrels Lucy in a boxing match.Basically the story involves Snoopy being called back to his previous owner Lila who is sick in the hospital. She writes to Snoopy telling him how lonely she is and that she wants to see him. Snoopy frantically runs off along with one of his best pals Woodstock but doesn't give Charlie Brown a reason for doing so. Snoopy and Woodstock have some crazy happenings and adventures on their way to meet up with Lila. One of the biggest obstacles on their way ends up being a little girl who tries to adopt Snoopy. This girl however is not the best at taking care of her pets and treats Snoopy not so kindly by giving him a bath and dressing him up for tea. Poor Woodstock also gets caught but doesn't get any poor treatment at all other then being penned up in a cage. Finally they are both able to escape from the girl and they go back on their journey.Meanwhile Charlie Brown can't figure out why Snoopy left other than a note with the name Lila on it and even his friends start to think they had something to do with it. At some point Linus asks Charlie about his past with Snoopy. He tells Linus about how when he was younger he went to a Puppy Farm with his parents and bought Snoopy. At some point Linus calls the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm and inquires about Snoopy's past. Linus finds out that he had a previous owner and that it was Lila but unfortunately they had to move and give Snoopy up for adoption. Charlie of course has a hard time handling the news.Snoopy finally finds Lila and visits her. Lila speaks about how much she misses him and wishes he would come back once she feels good enough to go home. Snoopy decides he is going home to tell everyone goodbye including Woodstock and his owner. This is no doubt the saddest part of the movie.Of course Snoopy goes to meet Lila but he seems like he would rather be at home with Charlie. When he gets to where Lila lives he notices that they don't allow dogs so he is rejoiced to know that he can go back home where he belongs. Snoopy makes his way back and everyone is thrilled to see him back. Unfortunately he is also a stinker because he asks for everything back that he gave to his friends when he left. He's quite an independent dog isn't he?Snoopy come Home offers plenty of laughs and some tears as well. A great film other than the main song being dragged out a bit much. A few of the other songs were good though. Also I loved the NO DOGS ALLOWED segments.

TheUnknown837-1 The star and most affectionate character of Charles M. Schulz's marvelous comic strip Peanuts (which actually has evolved into so much more than that) is Charlie Brown the classic American un-success story. But apparently the most memorable character is the one whose used as the symbol of MetLife: Charlie Brown's ubiquitous and enigmatic beagle Snoopy. There are dozens of half-hour animated specials based off Peanuts and four feature-length movies. The first one was a true masterpiece. "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" moved and touched me in so many ways that I went on to call it the best animated film I've ever seen. The movie was about Charlie Brown. So it only made sense that for the next one that Schulz and animation director Bill Melendez to focus on Snoopy. Now "Snoopy Come Home" is not as good as the first movie, but it is memorable not because it completes the feeling of the Peanuts world as the first movie did, but because it's arguably the most saddening.In this movie, we come to discover that Snoopy was not always Charlie Brown's dog. Previously, he belonged to a little girl named Lila (voice by Johanna Baer). Snoopy gets word one day that she's been hospitalized and teaming up with his clumsy avian sidekick Woodstock, heads off to visit her. After rendezvousing with Lila, Snoopy them finds himself feeling he has to leave Charlie Brown and commit himself to his former owner.This is a very sad premise and "Snoopy Come Home", especially in its last half-hour, turns out to be a very sad movie. I am eighteen years old and it still tugged at my heartstrings and drew tears to my eyes. And oddly enough, the brilliance of this movie and the way these scenes are written by Charles Schulz and they way they are animated by Melendez in his team makes you admire these scenes after the inevitable happy ending (that's really no spoiler considering this is a kids' movie).But the movie is not all sad tear-jerking moments with the characters crying their eyes out. Again, Schulz installs into the screenplay his classic sense of humor that was written for adults but appeals to all ages. The movie opens up with a joke and proceeds to have many before it takes a somber note. The Lucy vs. Snoopy boxing scene has deservedly gone on to become a cult classic iconic scene because not only is it well animated, but it's really funny. Most of the movie focuses on Snoopy and Woodstock, but there are some moments that revolve around the other characters such as Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, and Schroeder. And while I do wish there had been more impact in these scenes, they do fulfill their purpose and complete the feeling of a "Peanuts world" I guess you could say.Now I do have my complaints. Primarily, it concerns the voice acting. Chad Webber, I'm afraid, was not quite the perfect actor to voice Charlie Brown. He just sounds too…soft and gentle. We prefer Peter Robbins' voice and his imitators. Sometimes I also think the actresses who voice Lucy have had too strident of voices, but Robin Kohn isn't strident enough and by far, Pamelyn Ferdin is still the best Lucy voice actress. Another thing I missed was the presence of a jazz score by Vince Guaraldi whose music to "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" was so wonderful. The songs are also, I'm afraid, not memorable.But in the end, my few gripes aside, I very much enjoyed "Snoopy Come Home" and I've found it a lot more fun than a lot of modern day movies, animated or otherwise if, ironically enough, because it made me feel very sad. It's not as good as "A Boy Named Charlie Brown", but it most certainly is enjoyable and a must-see for Peanuts fans.

Marlou Madrio This is a Great Movie which I got to see in 1990 from a Laser disc we rented.This also gives us an idea about the origins of Snoopy and his original owner Leila.The soundtrack is also great.I watched this movie with my niece and nephew who enjoyed it much as I did back then.I liked the part when Charlie Brown said "It took that rock 5,000 years to come to shore, now your putting it back".This is a movie which can be enjoyed by the family.It takes me to an earlier time of innocence.I wish things were a lot simpler now as it was then.