Review of Play It Again, Charlie Brown

"Play It Again, Charlie Brown" is a 24-minute cartoon from 1971, so this one is already almost half a century old and depending on when you read this review actually, it may have happened already. The names Melendez and Schulz make obvious that here we got another Peanuts cartoon of course, but this one is definitely not among their most known by any means. The reason may be that Schroeder is the center of focus here, together with his (very one-sided) sweetheart and that honestly the music component, as much as it may be in the center of it all here, is far from level of quality you'd want it to be. Charlie, his dog and the other more interesting (at least to me) characters here really do not get the screen time they deserve in my opinion, which is quite a pity to be honest and I would agree that the film's popularity, or lack thereof, matches the film's quality, even if it managed to get the Emmy nomination like so many other Peanuts works. Very unimpressive from start to finish and a failed attempt at making a Peanuts cartoon mostly focusing on music. There was potential for much more and this is among the very weakest from the series and I have seen them all at least one. Not recommended, unless you really are a huge fan of the gang.