Rating: - Good, but not as I remember it...
I don't know, I remember watching this Peanuts full-length feature when I was younger, but I was disappointed to find out it was nothing like I remembered it. Originally released in 1972, "Snoopy Come Home" is the second in a series of four full-length Peanuts features and although not the worst, it isn't the best either. It is certainly an improvement over "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" which I found to be rather disappointing, perhaps this is due to the inclusion of one of the greatest Peanuts characters, Peppermint Patty.

The story begins when Snoopy spends a day at the beach with Peppermint Patty and returns home hours later to find Charlie Brown upset over Snoopy's abuse of independence, Charlie tells Snoopy that he feels he deserves a little bit more of respect since it is because of him Snoopy is who he is, but the beagle refuses to listen. Shortly afterwards, Snoopy receives a mysterious letter from an old friend in the hospital and quickly rushes to go see her taking Woodstock along. Charlie Brown stays behind, wondering where Snoopy ran off to and feeling both depressed and confused. Linus does some research and finds out that Charlie Brown is not Snoopy's original owner, that he had previously belonged to a little girl named Lila who is now undergoing special care at the city hospital. Tough times follow for Snoopy as he must make the hard decission of who to stay with, his friend Charlie Brown or his previous owner, Lila.

Although the film features many crazy sequences that take away from flow of the film, I felt the flow of them go more evenly along that in the previous film. These sequences are quite funny, such as when Snoopy is "adopted" by a crazy girl in his way to the hospital. Songs include "Snoopy Come Home", "No Dogs Allowed", "Do You Remember Me?", "You and Me", "Fundamental Friend Dependability" and "It Changes", all of which are quite nice and memorable. The biggest problem I had with this feature was that it wasn't as sad or heart-breaking as I remembered it, this time around, I found it a comedy film rather than a drama and I even remember one or two scenes that I didn't see this time around. Still, like I said, this movie is definitely above "A Boy Named Charlie Brown", but it isn't as fun or exciting as "Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown!" and "Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and don't come back!)."

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