Snoopy presenta: La extraordinaria Marcie

'Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcia' (2023) is simply delightful. With Marcia being the highlight and the story, side-characters, and artistic interludes (representing Marcie's inner-world) all bringing enough charm to keep anyone of any age grinning ear to ear. And for this reason it is worth watching even if you are unfamiliar with the Peanuts Gang.

This is the first Peanuts film to focus on Marcie and it feels like its been overdue and thankfully it delivered. I'll admit though that I'm biased into loving the original films and tv specials from the 1960s-1970s, and the Apple TV+ art styles don't always feel as warm as the earlier specials did. Sometimes the art style makes good attempt and sometimes better than the "old" specials with representing moods and emotions but the overall style usually feels flat. That is something that kind of holds this special back.

However, the artistic interludes representing Marcie's inner thoughts are just dazzling and can although they are short they can even more quickly make you feel all good inside.

The story is great, but I think the artistic choices keep this film happily floating. I hope we will see more Marcie in the spotlight in later specials!