a fun time

Rating: 7/10 (27 October 1998)

This movie is excellent for those times when you just want to sit back, relax, and let the movie take you where it will. No annoying tears or brain teasers, this movie is for those times when your life is such a mess, it's nice to go and see animated ants triumph over impossible odds. Woody Allen voices a neurotic little ant (Z) who is uncomfortable with his lot in life- a drone worker. And Sharon Stone (Bala) voices the bored princess who is engaged to the cold and distant general voiced by Gene Hackman. While Bala is slumming it at a commoner bar, she meets and captures the heart of Z. Interesting point- why does even a Woody Allen animation always get the good looking girl? Chaos ensues in the form of war against the aphids, search for Antopia, and a struggle for control of the hive. He's got high hopes...