It's a spiffy film and damn anyone who says otherwise!

Rating: Null/10 (30 October 1998)

Antz was a rather neat film, and there's no denying it. Bad language? Communist propaganda? *laugh* People are funny. "Quit yer bitchin'"? Oh no! Antz makes baby Jesus cry!
Antz is a classic Woody Allen film, 'tis true, and I expect he had a bit of a hand in writing Z's script. The neat thing about the film, though, is that all of the characters are sterotypes of their voice actors. Imagine Stallone, Hackman or Walken as ants, and bingo!, that's how they are. Playing their perfect roles, they all do a sterling job, although Walken's character, Colonel Cutter, only has one real sinister 'Walkeny' scene, which is a shame.
Animation is really a liberating medium, and they took good advantage of it. Visually the film is superb; the grand caverns are amazing, and a traditionally difficult piece of animation, water, is done really well. I was impressed. The sound was great, with a fantastic score - and NO, this isn't a Disney film (it was made by Dreamworks SKG), so the ants do not sing, thank the stars.
All up, Dreamworks have made a fine animated comedy. It's not a film for kids - just because it's animated doesn't mean it has to be aimed at small children/christians; it's only a little less sophisticated than an ordinary Woody Allen film (whatever that means). There's no swearing at all, and no ant sex (although there are frequent ant births!), even still the relationships and social commentary are just enough to amuse a thinking person.
Go see Antz. Antz good.