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A Bugs Life
1998
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3.0
A Bugs Life may be the single most amazing film Ive ever seen that I couldnt fall in love with.
EW
4.4
Not any more than one thriller hurts the chances for the next one.
Rogerebert
5.0
Youll need to see this delightful movie twice to appreciate the scope of its visual wit and technological mastery.
Common Sense Media
5.0
Still, I felt more that I was looking at a sample reel than in the presence of an actual story.Clever as it is, the film lacks charm.
4.5
The dialogue, kiddie accessible though it is, is plenty intelligent for adult enjoyment.
5.0
Pixar Animation Studios has raised the genre to an astonishing new level.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
A Bugs Life is not quite as all round great as Toy Story, or Finding Nemo, or The Incredibles, but in offering a lot of charm and imagination, some sc ..
4.0
This frolicsome and funny family film directed by John Lasseter (Toy Story) registers strongly on the senses and punches home its messages about the v ..
Spirituality And Practice
4.4
Children will appreciate the likable characters and fast paced adventure; adults will marvel at the skillful animation and subtle humor.
ReelViews
3.0
It would be a shame if families whove already seen ANTZ didnt show up for this technically astounding and unwaveringly bright film both visually and p ..
Tv Guide
3.0
The witty dialog and contemporary humor keep things interesting and entertaining for the adults out there.
3.8
...A Bugs Life is worth seeing simply for the breathtaking animation, but if youre expecting a story and characters of the same calibre as Toy Story, ..
Reel Film Reviews
4.5
The story includes a some funny sight gags and one liners, but the basic message has to do with believing in yourself and having the courage to fight ..
Lariat
4.0
Filled with more than enough funny, adventurous and interesting material to keep children and adults alike fully satisfied during its ninety some minu ..
Screen It
3.5
Even though this is strictly diversionary fluff, lacking the resonating emotionality of a Toy Story or Babe, its still an eye popping good time.
Film Journal International ..
5.0
Also, a warning to filmgoers: Dont leave the theater early or youll miss a series of hilarious bug outtakes, some of which are funnier than the movie ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
5.0
Like the best animated films, A Bugs Life creates a new world for its characters to inhabit and brings the audience right into the middle of it.
Q Network
3.5
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Salon
4.5
But the film lets itself down with an insipid script, and lacks warmth and emotional resonance.
5.0
A colony of peaceful, industrious little creatures is ripped off by marauders from afar.Ants and grasshoppers.
Time
4.4
Slaters often irksome Nicholson channelling works like a charm for Boyd.
Mr Brown Movies
1.9
With its glorious, bright colors, the computer generated animation is a spectacle to look at.
The Movie Boy
4.4
These movies just keep getting more entertaining, more inventive and more visually dazzling.
Spliced Wire
5.0
There are some genuinely inventive scenes that only an ant could have dreamt up.The people at Pixar must have worked hard at having so much fun.
Movie Habit
5.0
A BUGS LIFE The story focuses on a colony of ants whose queen (voice of Phyllis Diller) and princess Atta (Seinfelds Julia Louis Dreyfus) are overseei ..
Film Quips Online
3.0
(Pre DecentFilms capsule review) Entertaining computer animated fantasy epic of a misfit ant who with the help of the queens daughter aspires to liber ..
Decent Films
3.5
But the movie has its own deficitsa lack of variety, originality, subtlety, clarity and plain old charm.
Wsj
4.0
Roth: Trent Dilfer right to fear for Allens future The talent around Josh Allen not good enough to nurture Bills top draft pick to his full potential, ..
Rochester Goes Out
3.5
A Bugs Life, with its excellent animation and humorous moments, is worth a matinee viewing.
Juicy Cerebellum
5.0
The best family movies work on two levels: a simple, broad level for kids and a slyly intelligent level for adults.
Angel Fire
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