Sorry, this movie sucks

Fresh and Exciting

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I HAVE REVIEWED OVER 400 Christmas MOVIES.BEWARE OF BOGUS REVIEWS. SOME REVIEWERS HAVE ONLY ONE REVIEW. WHEN ITS A POSITIVE REVIEW THAT TELLS ME THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTION. NOW I HAVEA Charlie Brown Christmas is an animated television special based on the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. Produced by Lee Mendelson and directed by Bill Melendez. In the special, lead character Charlie Brown finds himself depressed despite the onset of the cheerful holiday season. Lucy suggests he direct a school Christmas play, but he is both ignored and mocked by his peers. The story touches on the over-commercialization and secularism of Christmas, and serves to remind viewers of the true meaning of Christmas.This special seems not only get better with age but, it also gets better each time you see it.There is many pop culture references that have sprung from this special. The most popular is "A Charlie Brown Tree".If its been some time since you last saw this then watch it again. Better yet buy the DVD. The Abc Broadcast cuts a few things. A DVD is worth the money!

We all know that Charlie Brown has the most problems of anyone - and this Christmas film is no exception. Here the gang is rehearsing for a Christmas play and they end up needing a Christmas tree - the cutest little tree ever. The gang are always the funniest and with the cutest problems. I love watching Snoopy mimic Lucy - it's the best. I don't know who's bossier Lucy or Peppermint Patty- yet they are so lovable. And who can forget Charlie's Christmas Tree? A very memorable film.Grab a cup of Hot Chocolate, gather up the family and pile up under some (of Linus') blankets and enjoy the fun! Great for the whole family to watch.10/10

This Emmy-Award-winning Charlie Brown Christmas special has its 50th birthday this year and it's the beginning to a very successful franchise.. I have to say I have never been that big on the Peanuts. I like the animation style and Snoopy is usually fun, but the interactions of the gang rarely do a whole lot for me. So it should be no surprise that I am actually underwhelmed by this short film, one of their most famous. The subject is the contrast between traditional and commercialized Christmas and Charlie struggles with the commercial wishes of the other Peanuts here. This film has one massive flaw: Charlie stands for the traditional idea of Christmas and yet he joins in in the Christmas tree idea. Trees are a consequence of commercialism as well, even without bright colorful ornaments on them. Apart from that, Lucy is as annoying as always and I always thought the whole gang was fairly unlikeable: no friends I would like to have as a child really as almost all they do is disagreeing with each other or even bullying (especially Charlie Brown). Another problem I have with this particular episode is that the middle part centered around the play really almost entirely loses the Christmas reference. Humour was certainly something entirely different back in the 1960s as there was hardly any scene I found funny in this movie, maybe the closest was Lucy's reference between bubblegum and Beethoven. And some of the music was okay too. But other than that, it was pretty underwhelming. Also the whole message does not make sense as this film implies that you cannot find a healthy mix of commercialism and tradition, which is absolutely the right way to go in my opinion. Strict differentiating between Black and white is never good. Stay away. Schulz and Melendez worked on an uncountable number of Peanuts films. i hope most of the other ones are better than this beginning.

Repelled by the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown (Peter Robbins) tries to find the true meaning of Christmas.The story goes that when this cartoon was first made, it ran into issues because of the lack of canned laughter and the religious overtones. Despite some apprehensions, it went forward as planned. And guess what? It became one of the most successful Christmas specials ever aired.I could not even imagine this with laughter. I mean, Charlie Brown is something of a sad sack -- we should not be laughing at him, but feeling sympathy for him. And how can we not appreciate his message of commercialism gone too far? I was not alive in the 1960s, but I think it would be a fair assumption to say that the commercialism of Christmas has not decreased... not one bit.