Animated or not, Antz is a perfect 10!

Rating: Null/10 (22 February 2001)

Antz is, in three words, outstanding, outstanding, and outstanding! Since Disney's The Jungle Book cartoon, Antz is by far the best coupling of appropriate voices and appropriate animations with given characters. I'd give anyone who could think of more appropriate voices than Woody Allen for Z, Sylvester Stallone for Weaver, Gene Hackman for Gen. Mandible, or Danny Glover for Barbadus, a million bucks! The animation and facial expressions are simply stellar; a little better than anything I've seen from Disney/Pixar.
Antz is proof positive that just because a movie is animated doesn't automatically render it a kids' movie. Antz is for us big kids! The comedy is some of the wittiest I have ever seen in any movie. Z's psychiatrist session at the start of the movie is but a sample of the clever comedy that this movie overflows with. Ever heard of a "soil-relocation engineer"!!? But you want slapstick? How about that magnifying-glass scene? If you were ever a child who had access to a magnifying glass (as I was), you'd nearly suffocate from laughter!
I doubt I'll ever see another movie, live or animated, that can take a relatively simple (and common) plot, create delightful and memorable characters that fit the roles precisely, and turn it all into an amazingly witty and entertaining story. Watch Antz, you will absolutely love it. Guaranteed!