Kinda meh for Pixar

Rating: 7/10 (25 May 2020)

Pretty much every aspect of this movie is just okay. How's the plot? It's OK. How are the characters? They're OK. How's the voice acting? It's good but nothing remarkable. No one ever gets any strong emotions across, but it's far from bad. How's the romance? It's not cringey but the development is non existent.
The biggest problem with this movie is the pacing and the fact that it's boring. I only audibly laughed once or twice, and that was only me exhaling through my nose. Also the animation still holds up, but it's so boring to look at. Like it's not distracting in a bad way, but it's not eye catching in a good way either. Again the movie doesn't really have anything bad in it so it does remains watchable.
The one stand out is the villain Hopper. He's voice acted extremely well by Kevin Spacey, and he is legitimately threatening and entertaining. He significantly elevated any scene he was in.
And the reason this movie this movie is a 7 and not a 6 is because the 3rd act is much less boring than the first 2 acts. It increases the suspense and is actually interesting. Not amazing but an improvement. The movie goes out on a high-ish note.
Also the circus bugs were better than any of the ant characters. Again they barely made me laugh but they had me consistently mildly entertained throughout the movie.
This might be Pixar's weakest. If not THE weakest, it's one of the bottom 5. This movie gets 70% from me.