Pleasant, visually stunning

Rating: 7/10 (10 December 1998)

_A Bug's Life_ is the cheerier, prettier and ultimately more successful of this year's two animated insect films, but it suffers a bit from a dull yet frenetic story that takes no time to let its characters breathe and a script only moderately witty. As others have noted, the closing credits are by far the best part. Too bad the rest of the film is not as sharp and clever. Still, the Disney animated standard of "never less than good" is upheld. I sure would like to see "great" again, though.