I'd give it 3.5 starts out of 5. - My almost 4 year old didn't get a lot of the stuff in the movie. - My 12 & 16 year olds felt bored at times. - My wife said she liked it but some scenes were a bit too lengthy/heavy for no apparent reason. - By the end of the movie I felt like I was there only because we went to see a movie as a family. But then again, if you enjoy watching the classic Charlie Brown cartoons, you'd probably overlook some of the boring stuff in the movie.
Did it still have the "less is more" character of the original Peanuts movies? I think what I liked about those were that they were more like animated comic strips from the newspaper than a traditional cartoon. Not likely that I will be going to see this one as my youngest is now 14 and he only cares about video games and intense action movies...
I don't think so. Although towards the end of it I tuned myself out, so I could have missed some parts. You will have to see it to find out.