Sorry, "Antz" is the real deal

Rating: 4/10 (16 February 2018)

It was a surprise when "Antz" and "A Bug's Life" (both computer-animated movies about formicids) got released a month apart in 1998. Most people called "A Bug's Life" the better movie, probably because they found it weird that the former had Woody Allen voicing the main character. Nonetheless, I saw "Antz" and not the latter; a trailer that I saw (preceding "Beloved" of all movies!) made it look childish, particularly with the line "Turn off your butt!"
Well, I've now seen "A Bug's Life". I have to say that "Antz" is the better movie: cleverer and not so silly. "A Bug's Life" has the occasional funny reference to the real world, but it's no match for "Antz".
As for the cast. I don't know who Dave Foley is. It's a bit jarring to hear Kevin Spacey's voice, now that he's fallen from grace. The rest of the cast includes Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Phyllis Diller, Denis Leary, Madeline Kahn, Roddy McDowall and Edie McClurg. Put another way, it stars Elaine, a comedienne, the ref, Lili von Schtupp, Cornelius and Ferris Bueller's principal's secretary (McClurg also appeared as the clerk who receives a profanity-laden rant from Steve Martin's character in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles").