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“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin
Animation · Family · Comedy · 2024
Franklin is new to town and hoping to make friends, but his usual tactics don't work on the Peanuts gang. When the Soap Box Derby arrives, he's sure it's a chance to impress new pals and teams up with the only other unpartnered kid: Charlie Brown.
Movie details
Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin
“Happiness is new friends.”
2024 Animation · Family · Comedy 40m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.6 / 10
Community rating
Franklin is new to town and hoping to make friends, but his usual tactics don't work on the Peanuts gang. When the Soap Box Derby arrives, he's sure it's a chance to impress new pals and teams up with the only other unpartnered kid: Charlie Brown.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Raymond S. Persi
Written by
Scott Montgomery · Craig Schulz · Robb Armstrong · Cornelius Uliano
Caleb Bellavance
Franklin (voice)
Etienne Kellici
Charlie Brown (voice)
Isabella Leo
Lucy (voice)
Wyatt White
Linus (voice)
Lexi Perri
Peppermint Patty (voice)
Hattie Kragten
Sally (voice)
Arianna McDonald
Marcie (voice)
Court is in session
Put Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.