Ah Grasshopper

Rating: 6/10 (10 April 2004)

To be honest I didn`t think I was going to like this animated movie much but I was fairly wrong in my presumption . My enjoyment is down entirely to the animation involved . You see I`m not very keen on bugs at the best of times and last night I drowned a couple of spiders I saw scuttling around my bath tub and I also squashed a woodslate beetle I found in my kitchen , but thanks to the superb animation I was convinced the characters in this movie weren`t pesky little bugs - They were as human as you and I

I do have a slight problem with A BUG`S LIFE and that`s down to a lack of plot in the screenplay , in fact watching this movie is like watching a James Bond film where there`s lot of set pieces ( Like hiding from a bird who realises it`s dinner time ) but little incident involving a wider picture . The main plot involves the ants trying to free themselves from the aggression of a colony of grasshoppers , but guess what ? , this doesn`t take place until about two thirds of the way into the picture , a shame since this stops A BUG`S LIFE being a very good family film but it`s still a good family movie
Six out of ten