Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)

Decades on, I found its loopy humour and skew-whiff child’s-eye observations reassuringly in place.

Based on the comic strip created by Charles Schulz, this is the fourth and the best of the animated films devoted to the charming antics of the "Peanuts" gang.

Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown has a moody, romantic tone, especially in the second half.

At its best, Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown captures the flavor of the beloved comic strip gang but the stew is overcooked and things start to drag after a jaunty first half-hour or so. Overall, this is more for “Peanuts completists” than those looking to get a quick Charlie Brown fix.

Quite frankly, the film looks terrible and moves with painful slowness, while the voice performances by both the juvenile and adult actors are so lacking in character that one could almost assume the cast performed their lines phonetically.