Not Really My Type of Film.

Rating: 5/10 (23 November 2000)

Antz looked like quite an interesting premise, I was absolutely intrigued to see it. Unfortunately, I was bored stiff during this imaginative but near-unwatchable film.
The action hones straight in on Z-4195 (Woody Allen), a worker ant living a blue-collar existence among a colony of millions, who is none too happy with his lot in life. Possible escape comes in the form of the lovely Princess Bala (Sharon Stone), with whom he becomes smitten after an impromptu dance at a bar, only for a string of mishaps to occur in his attempts to impress her: "Z" becomes a war hero, a revolutionary, and finally kidnaps Bala, stranding the pair in the outside world. Meanwhile, it becomes increasingly clear that Bala's fianc, General Mandible (Gene Hackman), is one untrustworthy ant.
The story is original, but the idea of computer-generated war ants is used poorly. The actors are a major upside to Antz, Sylvester Stallone who plays `Z's war buddy is excellent for a change, and Woody Allen is amusingly choice as `Z.' The characters are plenty likeable and the direction is great, but Antz drags on for many large drinks of coke, and the story soon begins to lose track of where its going.
Antz isn't all that terrible, I guess it isn't my type of film. For slightly more impressive computer-generated work, check out the similar A Bug's Life.
I rate Antz 5 out of 10.