A Bug's Life

John Lasseter

1998

Synopsis

On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.

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Cast

Dave FoleyFlik (voice)
Kevin SpaceyHopper (voice)
Julia Louis-DreyfusAtta (voice)
Hayden PanettiereDot (voice)
Phyllis DillerQueen (voice)
Richard KindMolt (voice)
David Hyde PierceSlim (voice)
Joe RanftHeimlich (voice)
Denis LearyFrancis (voice)
Jonathan HarrisManny (voice)

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100
Dallas Observer
Lasseter and Stanton and the rest of the animators and gagsmiths use the computer with staggering imaginative freedom.
100
Newsweek
All-embracing--funny and silly and tender, full of fun scares and endless sight gags.
90
Film Threat
This is a family film. There's a great deal of wackiness.
90
Los Angeles Times
What A Bug's Life demonstrates is that when it comes to bugs, the most fun ones to hang out with hang exclusively with the gang at Pixar.
90
The New York Times
Makes jaunty, imaginative use of both extraordinary technology and bold storytelling possibilities within the insect world.
88
Chicago Sun-Times
The story, about an ant colony that frees itself from slavery to grasshoppers, is similar in some ways to the autumn's other big animated release, "Antz," but it's aimed at a broader audience and lacks the in-jokes.
75
Christian Science Monitor
The story is amusing and the animation is first-rate, but there's less sparkling originality than in "Toy Story."
75
Entertainment Weekly
So obsessed with wowing you, in every corner of every frame, that as a movie it doesn't quite breathe.

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