Cute Bugs

Rating: 6/10 (17 January 2003)

I agree this is a nice, funny, enjoyable movie. It has a lot of good ideas, beautifully rendered scenery and cuddly characters. However, it lacks the depth of the competition, "Antz" which I watched right before "A Bug's Life". Do you know "Maya the Bee"? This movie is a bit like this TV series, about all sorts of insects living together and having fun. The story is OK, bug not great - Ants are bullied by a gang of grasshoppers, but with enough courage they can fight them off by their sheer numbers. A bunch of circus bugs is needed to make the ants realize this. No one really gets scared by the movie, the well animated bugs look all cute, including the "bad guys". The movie is in the best tradition of Disney movies, good quality but very predictable. Pixar did a great job nevertheless.