Antz

1998·83 minPG·English

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6.57392%2.9/5

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A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up under the command of a bloodthirsty general. But he's actually been enlisted to fight against a termite army.

What critics thought

Antz landed as a genuinely adult-minded animated film, earning wide praise for its voice cast, irreverent humor, and technically ambitious visuals. The central fault line in reviews was the script: enthusiasts found it wittily subversive and unusually mature for the genre, while detractors thought it overplotted, too weird to be funny, and awkwardly stranded between a children's audience and the grown-ups it seemed to be courting.

“boasts a smart and funny script that will appeal even more to adults than children”
Gene Siskel·Chicago Tribune
“On its own terms, Antz is fresh and inventive, visually stimulating and extremely well-served by a starry cast largely new to the animation field.”
Todd McCarthy·Variety
“overplotted in bizarrely grandiose ways”
Janet Maslin·The New York Times
“When everything is added up, Antz is more weird than funny, a film that has the potential to make both parents and young children uncomfortable.”
Kenneth Turan·Los Angeles Times
“For whatever ill-conceived reasons, the material is obviously tilted toward grown-ups. But it's hard to believe that adults will be drawn to a cartoon about an ant no matter how remarkable his accomplishments.”
Rita Kempley·The Washington Post

Parents guide

Violence: moderate
Sex: mild
Profanity: moderate
Substances: mild
Intensity: moderate

Genres

Animation, Comedy, Adventure

Cast & Crew

Eric DarnellDirector

Tim JohnsonDirector

Woody AllenZ-4195 “Z” (voice)

Sharon StonePrincess Bala (voice)

Dan AykroydChip (voice)

Anne BancroftQueen (voice)

Danny GloverBarbatus (voice)

Gene HackmanGeneral Mandible (voice)

Jane CurtinMuffy (voice)

Sylvester StalloneWeaver (voice)

Jennifer LopezAzteca (voice)

Christopher WalkenColonel Cutter (voice)

John MahoneyGrebs (Drunk Scout) (voice)

Paul MazurskyPsychologist (voice)

John PowellComposer

Harry Gregson-WilliamsComposer

Chris WeitzWriter

Paul WeitzWriter

Todd AlcottWriter

From the studio

DreamWorks Animation

Antz

1998·83 min·PG·English

Rate

6.57392%2.9/5

What critics thought

“boasts a smart and funny script that will appeal even more to adults than children”
Gene Siskel·Chicago Tribune
“On its own terms, Antz is fresh and inventive, visually stimulating and extremely well-served by a starry cast largely new to the animation field.”
Todd McCarthy·Variety
“overplotted in bizarrely grandiose ways”
Janet Maslin·The New York Times
“When everything is added up, Antz is more weird than funny, a film that has the potential to make both parents and young children uncomfortable.”
Kenneth Turan·Los Angeles Times
“For whatever ill-conceived reasons, the material is obviously tilted toward grown-ups. But it's hard to believe that adults will be drawn to a cartoon about an ant no matter how remarkable his accomplishments.”
Rita Kempley·The Washington Post