Antz

    Antz
    1998

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • 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)

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Christian Science Monitor

      Pure fun.
    • 88

      Chicago Sun-Times

      It's sharp and funny--not a children's movie, but one of those hybrids that works on different levels for different ages.
    • 88

      ReelViews

      Visually, it's more impressive than Disney's “Toy Story.”
    • 80

      Village Voice

      Matching their superbly expressive computer-generated counterparts, the actors are all enjoyably hammy, but the real star of Antz is the art direction, a marvel of teeming detail wittier and more sophisticated than the script.
    • 75

      Rolling Stone

      Refreshingly naughty and nice.
    • 75

      The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

      This witty, star-packed and visually splendid kids' movie provides a small-is-beautiful message served on a parodoxically epic scale.
    • 70

      The New York Times

      Antz works best just showing off its prodigious voice talent.
    • 70

      Salon

      Katzenberg may or may not have stolen his idea from Pixar, but it's obvious in the film that he spent significant time at Disney. The plot of Antz is pure Disney pastiche:

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