2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

Tetrady not as good as all the hype

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Celia A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

TheUnknown837-1 Even though "Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)" makes some deviations and aberrations from the typical formula and style of the Peanuts macrocosm (some that die-hard fans might even define as perfidious), it nevertheless results as being the best of the four feature-length Peanuts movies right after the first one, "A Boy Named Charlie Brown." In the fourth and final movie, Charlie Brown and Linus are selected to take part in a student exchange program between the United States and Europe. At the same time, Peppermint Patty and Marcie are selected for the same program at their school. The four of them group together for their trip to London, and our joined by the ubiquitous and inseparable Snoopy and Woodstock. As they leave the airport, their friends call out "Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown!" The ever-sarcastic but nevertheless lovable Lucy tacks on "And don't come back!" There are some new things that are done with "Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown." For example, adults, previously unseen and never given actual dialogue apart from the wa-wa-wa (produced by a hand being put into a trombone) are not only shown on-screen, but speak and some are characters in and of themselves. Secondly, this is the first time that I can think of where the Peanuts gang was ever put in real, serious peril where there wasn't some whimsical humor to keep everything light.Maybe that was part of what appealed to me here. The fact that Charles Schulz and Bill Melendez were willing to experiment and try new things, even if it meant breaking the conventions for the beloved Peanuts characters. It wasn't anything they intended on making permanent (most certainly not), just to experiment and have fun. And maybe it was necessary to gather more appeal from the children. As much as kids love Charlie Brown and Snoopy and their friends, Peanuts was nevertheless intended originally for adults only. So sometimes the gags don't always reach them on their own level. This movie can engage children as well as adults in every scene. What's more, there is also a nice little backstory in the plot and a great twist toward the end that I found delightful. Well, actually, I found the whole movie delightful. Schulz's jokes are humorous and with dignity, the characters received their due, and the whimsical adventures with Snoopy and Woodstock never fail to make you grin.The animation is not as fluid and enthralling as it was in the first two Peanuts movies, but it is a step-up from the sketchy drawing in "Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown." The color palette used here is bright, rich with hues, and pretty to look at. And once again, Mr. Melendez and his team effectively capture a drawing style that mimics Mr. Schulz's. And what's even more fantastic is the rich and wonderful music score composed by Ed Bogas and Judy Munsen. Although nothing can ever replace the wonderful jazz scores by Vince Guaraldi, these new themes are just terrific. There's a great moment where the gangs are gathering at a train station. There's no voices and very little sound. The dominant elements are the animation and the music. Not since "2001: A Space Odyssey" has a dialogue-free docking scene been so absorbing.This is the second-best of the four Peanuts movies. The only thing that really disappointed me was the fact that the number of characters travelling to Europe was so limited. Personally, I would have been rather pleased if Lucy and maybe Schroeder had gone along with them to Europe. Then it would have been even more whimsical and charming than it already is. And it is very whimsical and very charming.

Rectangular_businessman Even when the animation of the Charlie Brown movies isn't incredible ,all of them are very enjoyable and entertaining ,with the classic characters living a lot of new adventures .I think that the best of that movies is that all (at least those what I've seen ) respect the style of the original cartoon,being gentle and clever , and also respect the personalities of the characters ."Bon Voyage ,Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back " )" follows that line ,and works very well from beginning to end . The plot is very simple ,but the result is very good . Bill Melendez made a great job with his adaptations . This movie is good for all the family .

mamamiasweetpeaches The PEANUTS are at their best when they are celebrating a holiday or going to camp. Unlike the great PEANUTS classics RACE FOR YOUR LIFE CHARLIE BROWN and SNOOPY COME HOME, this PEANUTS outing is a little on the murky side. Due to a student exchange program Charlie Brown, Linus, Snoopy, stow-away Woodstock, peppermint Patty and Marcy are sent to Europe to go to school in France. Coincidentally, Charlie gets a letter from a little French girl who invites him to visit her familys château there. When the PEANUTS land in London and venture to France there would be plenty of observations that could be made on the cultural differences....however the big find here is "Hey...they eat French bread in France!". This special also shocks by breaking a PEANTUS cardinal rule: grown ups talk! And they don't just say "Mwah mwah mwah"...they actually speak in English and address the children! When Charlie and Linus head off to the château a little French boy named Pierre tells Marcy and Peppermint that a horrible Baron lives there who hates everyone, would never allow guests, and that if they attempt to stay there harm will come to them. (The "harm" is not explained...although there are two references to getting "mugged" in the film). when the boys get to the château and aren't allowed in they sleep on the cold wet ground instead of re-tracking back to the nice warm house Marcy and Patty are staying in. Snoopy spends most of his visit in a bar drinking root beer and crying over American show tunes. I've seen this film more than once and my mind just doesn't grasp WHY they were invited to a place they weren't allowed to go in and who exactly the baron was, why he was such a bastard and if he WAS such a bastard why he Doesn't actually hurt them. I think the plan was to get PEANTUS to Europe and have them have an adventure...but the storyline here is a little on the murky side. Also worth noting is that key characters such as Lucy, Sally and Schroeder remain in America and are sorely missed. This is not a Must Own PEANUTS collector (neither is the newer adventure ITS THE PIED PIPER CHARLIE BROWN....grown ups speak in that one too!....although my 5 year old actually prefers that one to this one.

tfrizzell The title is the best part of this third and final installment of the "Peanuts" set of films. This time most of the major characters only have token appearances as Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Peppermint Patty and company head to France as exchange students. Naturally Charlie has some European relatives his own age that also have receding hairlines. As with "Boy Named Charlie Brown" and "Race for Your Life Charlie Brown", this entry suffers from a lack of material. The characters are just cardboard cutouts (they are just flat newspaper entities). It is near impossible to sustain enough interest to make a theatrical release. Still they gave three fair tries from 1969 to 1980, but ultimately all the productions are little more than obscure footnotes to the cinematic history of the era. 2.5 out of 5 stars.