Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales (2002)

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

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

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Awful voices for the most part - not close to the original voices so it's hard to watch this one. Sally's voice is the worst!! Lucy and Schroeder's voices a terrible too. A good voice in this special is Linus' - his is pretty close to the original and definitely believable. Charlie Brown's voice is OK not too bad. And at least Snoopy is still Snoopy lol!! This is not a TV Movie like the originals, instead it's just some short stories from the comic strips - and they are cute, typical Peanut's sillies - really good stuff. It's most of the voices that are hard to watch, I guess it's just growing up with hearing certain voices for the characters and not able to hear them anymore that is the (only) disappointment with this film.7/10

Now I am a long time of the Peanut Gang because they are part of my childhood it's just never can't go wrong with Snoopy, Charlie Brown and all of your favorite Peanut CharactersWhile this might not be as strong as the classic A Charlie Brown Christmas but it has a appeal to it.This Christmas special features the Peanut Gang in five different stories all in one which you have to watch to understandBut each one is center around Christmas some can be foolish others can be enjoyableThe Animation is pretty good for the Peanuts can always be counted on for smooth animationThe voice acting is decent because it's not easy to consider it one of the gang best worksHowever if you're a Peanuts fan you'll enjoy the film because it still has what made them great to begin with.It will also be good for the whole family to watchI give Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales an 8 out of 10

This was actually lumped in with the Charlie Brown Christmas though it was way different then the other. This one had a bunch of little tales that all went with Christmas. They were all very cute no matter what though, and I had to smile at most of the small clips. These were made more like the comics where they could probably fit mostly into a 4 panel strip. My favorite part was when Sally gets Santa Clause's name wrong and when she hangs up all her socks for Santa to put presents in.The animation was actually really refreshing since it was made in 2002 but had the same feeling as the old ones though. I love how they didn't end up leaving that main feeling you get when watching them.The voices are as close as anyone could get for the characters but it lost a slight bit of the overall feeling. I don't know but they seem to of lost a little of that flare they had before with the new voices.

Sorry but this is the pits. Where is the charm? Where is the humor? I suppose there were attempts at laughs here but it all just fell flat. I didn't laugh or smile once. Don't even get me started on the voicework. Not one character sounded like they had a genuine personality. They all sounded fake. Especially the newer kids. The classic ones felt like pale imitations of the characters I grew up with. I appreciate the effort to bring Peanuts to a new generation. But half-hearted efforts like this do more harm than good. The Peanuts specials from the '60s and '70s hold up pretty darn well, if you ask me. They certainly outclass dreck like this by a mile.