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Cue the negative reviews from people who don't take the time to actually find out what the movie they are going to see is about. Yes, it's a musical. Giving it a negative review solely on the basis of it being a musical is ridiculous.

Linus' speech on the stage in "A Charlie Brown Christmas" does more for "saving" Christmas than Kirk Cameron could ever do. The amount of eye rolling and groaning this movie causes is off the charts. Surely he'll blame the heathen critics for it's disman box office. But poorly reviewed recent Christian movies have made bank. His movies are just bad. And the hip-hop routine? Words can't describe the cringeworthiness of that.

I enjoyed the first 20 minutes or so, but once the quest for the eggs begins it starts to really drag. I was pleasantly surprised that there were no Shrek tie-ins or references and the Sergio Leone and Quentin Tarantino homages were well done. All in all, not horrible, but certainly not the best animated film of the year.

Yes, it certainly is disappointing that Robert Zemeckis lost the magic of these movies, especially since he has had nothing to do with any of them. This is unabashedly a movie made for kids. It isn't meant to be a new Kill Bill. I'm sure the target audience will love it.