An enjoyable film, but suffers in Disney's shadow

Rating: 7/10 (15 May 1999)

Antz, on it's own, would have been a good movie, if you enjoy Woody Allen's neurotic characters and self-depreciating one-liners. When held up to the same standard as "A Bug's Life", however, it's looks like a cheap immitation. I don't know how these movies spontaneously pop up -- like one year we get a pair of asteroid movies, the next, a pair of animated ant movies -- but "Antz" is worth seeing once. "A Bugs Life" is worth owning, you'll want to watch it again and again, uh, I mean your kids will want to watch it again and again.