What really works is the dialogue, which is fast and funny and helps carry the action through the slow spots.
Antz (1998)
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Reviews Counted:85
Fresh:81
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.7/10
Consensus: Wonderful animation backed by humor and the vocal talents of its cast make for an entertaining movie.
Runtime: 83 mins
Genre: Childrens
Synopsis:
Z-4195 (Woody Allen) is just a worker ant - one in a billion - and his odds of landing the beautiful Princess Bala (Sharon Stone) are about the same.
Undaunted by the colony's unyielding caste...
Z-4195 (Woody Allen) is just a worker ant - one in a billion - and his odds of landing the beautiful Princess Bala (Sharon Stone) are about the same.
Undaunted by the colony's unyielding caste system, Z enlists the aid of his best friend, a soldier ant named Weaver (Sylvester Stallone), to get to the Princess. When a remarkable twist of fate turns Z from a common drone into an unlikely hero, he unwittingly puts a bug in the ambitious General Mandible's (Gene Hackman) plan to literally liquidate the colony and remake it in his own image.
Z soon finds himself leading a revolution that becomes a celebration of individuality in the face of overwhelming conformity. Once the most insignificant of workers, Z may just prove to be the biggest hero of them all.
Starring: Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone
Starring: Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone
Director: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
Director: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
Composer: John Powell
Screenwriter: Chris Weitz
Producer: Brad Lewis, Aron Warner, Patty Wooton
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Reviews for Antz
More story, less silly antics. Maybe then I'll be inclined to put down my can of Raid.
The philosophical debates that centre the film are rather complex for little ones, but give us older ones something to talk about.
A kids' movie that will leave grown-ups quoting the best lines to one another.
...beautiful and visually appealing, but uninspired in the script department.
A film of small, transient pleasures, diminished slightly by the clunkiness with which it wields it pat, Disney-esque self-determination moral.
The computer graphics in Antz are imaginative and remarkably detailed!
Truly one of the most extraordinary visual achievements in film history.
Thank goodness the seven-year-old in the theater seats won't have a clue about the dialogue. What would happen if they gave Z a chance and refused to comply with everything their mommies and daddies want them (for their own good, of course) to do?
Antz is a dazzling, witty tale that will appeal to children and adults alike.
Visually, it's more impressive than Disney's Toy Story. On a script level, it was developed as much with a mature audience in mind as with the usual pre-pubescent crowd.
Antz works best just showing off its prodigious voice talent and playing lightheartedly with the curious possibilities of a buggy world.
This computer-animated comedy is much smarter than you'd be led to believe.
A marvelously crafted, technologically amazing and downright fun tale!
The film breaks new ground in its dazzling re-creation of life from an ant's-eye view!
Antz is about the relief felt by star actors freed from the constraints of their physical selves and the egos that go with them.
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