There are moments of really good humor.
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A Bug's Life (1998)
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Reviews Counted:80
Fresh:73
Rotten:7
Average Rating:7.9/10
Consensus: A Bug's Life is a clever and enjoyable movie with great animation.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: The computer animation crew at Pixar--the creators of TOY STORY--return with another feature rife with stunningly rendered worlds populated by cute critters you can't help but care about. The story... [More]
Starring: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Phyllis Diller
Director: John Lasseter
Reviews for A Bug's Life
It is not just clever, it is imaginative. 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.
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Witty dialogue, funny situations, and entertaining characters.
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Computer animation is an artform that will have a long impact. A Bug's Life is on the ground floor of a cinematic revolution. History is being made.
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You'll need to see it twice to appreciate the scope of the movie's visual wit and technological mastery. It also has the funniest credit sequence I have ever seen -- be sure to watch all the way to the end to enjoy it.
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Heads and shoulders above ANY animated film of the last year, and better than most live action movies, too.
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If this movie doesn't make you smile you may not know how.
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Whereas Antz finds some of its edgy inspiration in Kafka by way of Woody Allen, A Bug's Life is mired comfortably in the pastel mediocrity of Gumby.
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I was positively floored by the artwork in A Bug's Life, in which computerized images are often so realistic you forget the entire thing is a cartoon.
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I enjoyed the use of animation to visualize a world that could not be seen in live action and could not be created with special effects.
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Top CriticThis breakneck-paced, understatedly clever, Disney/Pixar release wins in a split decision over DreamWorks' previously released Antz.
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Technically astounding and unwaveringly bright film!
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A clever, enjoyable movie, with enough thrills and laughs to keep all ages entertained!
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Silly enough for kids, smart enough for adults, grandly-staged enough for anyone who loves movies.
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Clever as it is, the film lacks charm.
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Top CriticSurpasses both Toy Story and Antz!
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Lasseter and Pixar broke new technical and aesthetic ground in the animation field with Toy Story, and here they surpass it in both scope and complexity of movement while telling a story that overlaps Antz in numerous ways.
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