Director: John Lassetter and Andrew Stanton
Release Date: 1998
Running Time: 1hr 31 minutes
Genre: Family
Rating: U
Synopsis:
A misfit ant, looking for warriors to save his colony from greedy, grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe.
In terms of Pixar movies, this one has got to be my favourite. I have wonderful memories of watching it with my little sister and my cousin when we were all small. If you bought the VHS, you'll know that each video came with a different bug on it. This is the story about a maverick ant that does everything he can to protect his ant colony on ant island. A greedy group of grasshoppers want all of their food. Flick must travel to the city to find warrior bugs to help fight back. Coincidently the same year, a film called "Antz" was released, that was nowhere near as entertaining and appeared nothing more than a copycat movie.
We can just pretend that Kevin Spacey wasn't in this movie right? The voice over actors are excellent, most of whom were not well known at the time of this film's release. Each character becomes very likeable to audiences very early on in the film. Flick and Heimlich being personal favourites. Not forgetting the characters Tuck and Roll, whom are hilariously funny throughout the whole film. You will find yourself giggling from beginning to end. The storyline is so simple, yet so wonderfully entertaining. A story about friendship, family and courage.
The animation is stunning. Pixar are yet to produce a film that doesn't look amazing to be honest. Considering this type of animation was still fairly new to Disney at the time in terms of how they work, they easily produced one of the most memorable movies of their career. Who would've thought a film about bugs would be so entertaining? Magnificently written, the dialogue is fantastically funny. You can see that the animators and creators have looked back on classic comedies like Laurel and Hardy for inspiration. A comedy style that is easy for all ages to understand. Randy Newman offered his services for "Toy Story" and produced a magnificent score. It was no surprise that he was asked to write the score for this film too. A great animation for the whole family to enjoy!
5/5
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