A Bug's Life - Movie Review

Rating: 7/10 (26 March 2020)

A Bug's Life is definitely not one of my favourite Pixar films, but it's still enjoyable and I have a lot of memories of watching this film from my childhood. It had been years since I'd last seen it, so it was nice revisiting it now that I'm in my adult life.
The voice cast is superb, but my favourite part is Kevin Spacey as the villainous Hopper. His voice was perfect for the character. Speaking of which, A Bug's Life has some of the most underrated characters in any Pixar film, and the journey they go on was entertaining.
What really holds this film back for me is the fact that it mainly exists just to please children. Whilst this isn't necessarily a bad thing, and it certainly does it's job to excellent success, my favourite Pixar films are the ones which contain deeper meanings. This allows them to appeal to adults as well as children.
If you look at films like Toy Story or The Incredibles, they aren't really made for kids. They're kid-friendly, for sure, but they have a lot of elements which adults can appreciate as well. There's nothing like that in A Bug's Life, but this is still before Pixar's prime.
However, I still find the film to mostly succeed in what it was going for, with a lot of positive elements and an underrated musical score, but it's not a story which I find myself wanting to revisit all that often as an adult.
SCORE: 72%