A Visual Masterpiece

Rating: Null/10 (28 May 1999)

A Bug's Life stands among one one the top three films of 1998, and also among one of the 50 greatest films that I have seen. I enjoyed every second of this visual masterpiece and I am not even a kid. The voice casts could not have been better, with such actors like Julia-Louise Dreyfuss, David Hyde Pierce, Denis Leary, and one of my favorite acting talents, Kevin Spacey. Not only has Pixar outdone themselves by creating a more visually exciting film than Toy Story, but they have also added a bunch of hilarious outtakes during the credits.
The film's plot is a simple one. A colony of ants are forced to provide food for a group of viscious grasshoppers year after year, until one brave ant decides to do something about it, by leaving the island in search of stronger bugs to help them fight off the grasshoppers. But, instead he finds a small group of failed circus bugs.
Fast paced wholly computer animated film is almost too much of a good thing, with a brilliant screenplay, excellent character development, superior cinematography, and a great musical score by Randy Newman, who also did Toy Story. This film is perfect for the whole family, and it's absolutely not to be missed. A true 5-star motion picture